If We Could Engineer Animals to Be as Smart as Humans - Should We?

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Advances in neural implants and genetic engineering suggest that in the not–too–distant future we may be able to boost human intelligence. If that’s true, could we - and should we - bring our animal cousins along for the ride?

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