Good model. We can address the regulatory obstacles. We are in the process of forming an independent international ethics committee - review board addressing requirements of US, Europe and Australian authorities. Our interest is in harmless diagnostic analyzers and test kits.

Discussion at: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1325126

We have about 99% overlap with chimpanzees (not counting copy numbers & some types of rearrangements). Neanderthal shares 96% of the 1% Homo sapiens/chimp difference with humans and 4% with monkeys. According to Green's population model, the estimated fraction of Neanderthal ancestry for non-African populations today is between 1 and 4% (I guess these are the numbers Fred Smith refers to as 2 to 5%). By the way, 10% of all Americans can be traced back to the Mayflower.

Other articles on the same subject: Why computers crash but we don’t Alltop link: http://holykaw.alltop.com/why-computers-crash-but-we-dont Link to the original article: http://futurity.org/science-technology/why-computers-crash-b...

Indeed, brains filled with relevant prior knowledge and experiences are better at making connections and reaching logical end points.

Clickable link to another interesting article on spontaneous activity in "experienced brains" reflecting "memory traces" for the newly learned things: http://www.sott.net/articles/show/200398-Scans-Show-Learning...