De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking

Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by mo_42 on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:33AM (#34897174)

I see two points: 1. scientific curiosity, and 2. people might enjoy seeing these animals.

Also, humans are terraforming this planet anyway so I don’t see a reason not to do it in a way to make room for previously extinct species.

Some other discussion could be if those animals would be happy living. Maybe we will have to ask whether we de-extinct Homo Erectus. Apparently, we're not even asking this for animals we eat…

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Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by GalenErso on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:37AM (#34897236)

I see another point which ties with your second: 3. Money

"And we can charge anything we want, 2,000 a day, 10,000 a day, and people will pay it. And then there's the merchandise..."

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Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by kurthr on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:42AM (#34897310)

That's how it really works. They'll be show animals.

"Think how many ideas were lost, and eventually forgotten, when those animals went extinct... like what did they taste like?"

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Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by timeon on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:49AM (#34897441)

> to make room for previously extinct species

There is barely room for contemporary species.

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Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by ethanbond on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @10:59AM (#34897609)

After accounting for the enormous swaths of monoculture land required to grow plants to feed animals to slaughter for human consumption, sure.

If we can figure out how to reduce that though, there’s plenty of land.

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Re:De-Extinction? Surely You’re Joking by klyrs on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @11:18AM (#34897943)

3. The dodo went extinct because, by all accounts, they were delicious

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