I would be very surprised if an “appropriate set of tools” could replicate the effects of a genetic intervention. At least, I would be surprised if you could do so with anything short of AGI or an advanced brain computer interface.
I haven’t spent that much time reading up on non-genetic intelligence interventions (though Gwern has written some pretty good stuff on the topic), but my overall impression is that after you’ve taken care of the basics like having a good diet, exercising, and avoiding lead poisoning you can’t really increase fluid intelligence that much.
Also, any non-genetic interventions that DO work would just stack with the benefits of genetic interventions. So like… why not both?
I would be very surprised if an “appropriate set of tools” could replicate the effects of a genetic intervention. At least, I would be surprised if you could do so with anything short of AGI or an advanced brain computer interface.
I haven’t spent that much time reading up on non-genetic intelligence interventions (though Gwern has written some pretty good stuff on the topic), but my overall impression is that after you’ve taken care of the basics like having a good diet, exercising, and avoiding lead poisoning you can’t really increase fluid intelligence that much.
Also, any non-genetic interventions that DO work would just stack with the benefits of genetic interventions. So like… why not both?