Since there is a lack of polarizing elements to the news these days, other than "Obama sucks. No, Romney sucks.", I thought I might try an aside...
Since the Russians have brought a plant back to life that has been extinct for 30,000 years, and doing the same for the wooly mammoth is probably just around the corner, the question becomes... Should we?
I have to be out of town for the next week. I eagerly await, upon my return, reading several seconds to this post, and a lively debate of this Frankenstinian New World.
Plants suck. No, Wooly
Plants suck. No, Wooly Mammoth suck!
Extinction is a natural part of evolution. I keep hoping for the extinction of the Left.
Alan,I don't really think
Alan,
I don't really think that anyone is going to take you up on this thread. You are a wildlife biologist and probably study this stuff just for entertainment. That is sorta like Kasparov saying, "We don't have any cards. Anyone wanna play chess?"
He doesn't scare ME.No, of
He doesn't scare ME.
No, of course they shouldn't be doing these kinds of things. I mean, the lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me. Don't you see the danger, Alan, inherent in what they're doing here? Genetic power is the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but they wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun. I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power they're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. They read what others had done, and they took the next step. They didn't earn the knowledge for themselves, so they don't take any responsibility for it. They stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as they could, and before they even knew what they had, they've patented it, and packaged it ... These scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to think if they should!
I'm with Henry on this one.
I'm with Henry on this one. After all, look what happened in Raccoon City!
Mike,Man, you guys are
Mike,
Man, you guys are awesome. I was about to warn you that Henry was actually affecting the argument of the proverbial "23 year old with a bachelor's in anthropology", but then I googled "Raccoon City" and got the joke.
We're even more awesome than
We're even more awesome than you believe, Jay -- my entire post was paraphrased from Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum)'s memorable rant against genetic engineering in the fantastic (and most likely prescient) "Jurassic Park."
Now I recognize it! But
Now I recognize it! But yeah, I figured it was tongue-in-cheek and decided to pile on with a Zombie Apocalypse. And if Alan doesn't laugh, then he better check himself for a pulse.
Since the Russians have
Since the Russians have brought a plant back to life that has been extinct for 30,000 years, and doing the same for the wooly mammoth is probably just around the corner, the question becomes... Should we?
You got to stay current with the trends. Upsetting the balance of nature doesn't sound appealing but then we already do that so maybe both will cancel each other. I'll vote yes? It will be great until we cause our own extinction.
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