'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next : technology

[–] sweetpotato@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

So we're talking about de-extinction at a time when 70% of the planet's biodiversity has been lost in the last 50 years?

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

That just means we can kill them all now. We'll just bring em back later at a safer time. Problem sloved

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is cool, but are they really the beast we need to bring back? Where will they stay?

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yet another thing we have entire books and movie series about what will go wrong, and probably how. Yet somehow a way will be found to make it go wrong in exactly those ways.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Welcome to 1000 years ago park! 🏞️ We got 🐘 🦥 but bigger!

[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

Articles about deextinction often reference the Pyrenean Ibex that died 7 minutes after birth. Why has nobody tried that one again?

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Obligatory https://youtube.com/watch?v=_oNgyUAEv0Q

[+] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

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[+] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -9 points 3 months ago (7 children)

It's amazing that people are still wasting resources on this kinda stuff while the planet burns.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To be fair, I think research on mammoth cloning started a good while ago and, if scientific research is anything like a start-up (spitballing here, I have no clue), doing a massive reorientation mid-process ends up costing more in the long term. At this point, it'd be easier to just finish figuring stuff out with mammoths then adjusting and applying the process on other entities/purposes.

Still MFW we're cloning woolly mammoths on a boiling planet. Lol. Lmao, even.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

I choose to use my individual agency to focus on mammoth cloning and not climate change. Are you going to arrest me and force me to do the science you want?

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