Reviving extinct species may soon be possible

Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by gorpy7 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:07PM (#27683783)

This comment is a bit pithy for the reasons already mentioned and more. Humanity has never acted as one thing. There is no order to the activities required to turn things around for the world. Reintroducing a keystone species can draw more attention to an under appreciated ecosystem a la polar bear. conversely, it could make light of saving a species if we can simply reanimate it down the road. But again, there is room for all sorts of efforts. i doubt more tools and more species would be an overall detriment. i would love to see an ecosystem rev to full glory.

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Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by cwkoss on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:12PM (#27683811)

Guerilla biohackers releasing extinct keystone species into their original habitats would be a pretty dank cyberpunk future.

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Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by soco on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:41AM (#27686655)

Except their natural habitats are disappearing quickly so guerilla biohackers better hurry up or they're gonna be left sitting with moas in their basements.

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Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by bjelkeman-again on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:34AM (#27686619)

This is sort of happening in the U.K.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/13/maverick...

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Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by falcolas on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @11:06PM (#27684408)

… just so they can go extinct again?

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Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by pvaldes on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:26AM (#27686578)

past and present in fact, is happening yet and is a really bad idea. Some things must not be left to script kiddies.

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Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by marricks on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:24PM (#27683874)

Wouldn't argue against it being pithy, and I don't dream we'd all unite to save the planet. What I do dream and hope for is we have less of a united force destroying the planet and a larger disunited force trying to actually save it.

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Re:Reviving extinct species may soon be possible by gorpy7 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:45PM (#27683985)

i dream for it as well. but, again, “united” is only incidental, right?? of course, it’s not coincidental that people,individually, jumped on the great utility that fossil fuels provided. now we are looking for people to see the benefit to prevent something fairly unintuitive and intangible- it’s a big ask. there’s room for plenty of approaches but i would root for the ones that dances around “greater good” but, rather, work within the framework of human behavior for what it is. altruism is in the mix but probably can’t be relied upon to be the primary driver for where we need to get.

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