The Problem with the Darling 58 Genetically Modified Chestnut Tree

Re:The Problem with the Darling 58 Genetically Modified Ches... by waldothedog on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @09:20PM (#40507272)

Isn’t all the writing about the American chestnut indicative of some on-going cultural significance?

Wasn’t the blight and panic that wiped them out largely a result of human activity?

I think this is one environmental change that happened VERY fast, in which we see our own hand, and that we believe we might still be able to turn back.

But I sense that you see some down side which I don’t see?

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Re:The Problem with the Darling 58 Genetically Modified Ches... by rulalala on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @08:57AM (#40511479)

I sympathise with the struggle of losing a major specie, and of course the cultural significance is great and will never fully vanish.

One thing is to protect nature, another to reject somehow inevitable change happening all the time.

A legitimate concern could emerge on discussing whether there is no better plan, because IMHO this plan offered false hopes, and perhaps many such restoration plans provide more hopes than quantitative performance indicators.

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