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Re:We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species – Is It Worth the... by jcoffland on Monday March 20, 2017 @02:26PM (#13916447)
I don't see the problem here. Even if our distinctions are somewhat arbitrary they do have meaning. E.g. there is a difference between frogs and cats. If we bring back a creature from the past, like the Mammoth, who cares if it's exactly the same?
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Re:We Might Soon Resurrect Extinct Species – Is It Worth the... by 0xfeba on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @09:44AM (#13922102)
No problem, just a thought experiment.

> If we bring back a creature from the past, like the Mammoth, who cares if it's exactly the same?

And that's what I would say.

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