Creating a super-genius is almost trivial with germ-line engineering.
Not really true—known SNP mutations associated with high intelligence have relatively low effect in total. The best way to make a really smart baby with current techniques is with donor egg and sperm, or cloning.
It is also possible that variance in intelligence among humans is due to something analogous to starting values in neural networks—lucky/crafted values can result in higher final performance, but getting those values into an already established network just adds noise. You can’t really change macrostructures in the brain with gene therapy in adults, after all.
Not really true—known SNP mutations associated with high intelligence have relatively low effect in total. The best way to make a really smart baby with current techniques is with donor egg and sperm, or cloning.
It is also possible that variance in intelligence among humans is due to something analogous to starting values in neural networks—lucky/crafted values can result in higher final performance, but getting those values into an already established network just adds noise. You can’t really change macrostructures in the brain with gene therapy in adults, after all.