'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 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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 11 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 11 months ago

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

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[-] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

[+] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

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[+] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -9 points 11 months ago

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

[-] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 11 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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