"Without an environment to put re-created species back into, the whole exercise is futile and a gross waste of money," says Glenn Albrecht, director of the Institute for Social Sustainability at Murdoch University in Australia.
Were I religious in the least, I'd argue that we are not playing God in de-extincting species. I'd like to think that God, being God, could see the *whole* picture, while man can't or won't if it proves inconvenient. Although if we go Old Testament, both God and man share a fondness for gross exercises in power, only in man's case, there will be several corporate sponsors on the sidelines waiting to see what kind of return they'll see on their investment. Scientific research is very expensive. Who will be coughing up the grant money?
I read the article and thought about the Cabela's being built along I-25 to Denver. I've only been in one such store and it was in Nebraska. The large warehouse-style store was completely dominated by the glass-eyed, taxidermied heads of prize wildlife hanging from the walls, prey and predator in equal repose. I find that scenario representative of man's regard for all the other species on the planet.
'Aiiiiiigh, you're an idiot! I'm going to kill you! Fuuuuuuuuuuck!' It's funny how Jeff manages to illict that kind of response, wherever he goes, when he's behind the wheel of a car.
The idea of spending that kinda money on a house, even a famous house, just seems to suck all the air out of the room for me - *gasp*. The mortgage payments and property taxes would be my nightmare. Freddy who?
Interesting word choice, considering our cultural shift from a religious to an increasingly secular society. I wonder if such a study could have been done even 25 years ago, and what the public response would have been to the idea that babies have a mean streak?
Would the babies care if the person suffering was conscious or not?
In the Soviet Union, the tail was always wagging the dog and the people knew it. What I don't know is whether the North Korean people are equally unfooled.
My webcam would afford the hacker an up close and personal view of the office wall. When I'm not using it, it's turned away from me. (My husband works as an internet security engineer. We don't think of covering up or averting the lens as 'paranoid', just a sensible precaution.)
Were I religious in the least, I'd argue that we are not playing God in de-extincting species. I'd like to think that God, being God, could see the *whole* picture, while man can't or won't if it proves inconvenient. Although if we go Old Testament, both God and man share a fondness for gross exercises in power, only in man's case, there will be several corporate sponsors on the sidelines waiting to see what kind of return they'll see on their investment. Scientific research is very expensive. Who will be coughing up the grant money?
I read the article and thought about the Cabela's being built along I-25 to Denver. I've only been in one such store and it was in Nebraska. The large warehouse-style store was completely dominated by the glass-eyed, taxidermied heads of prize wildlife hanging from the walls, prey and predator in equal repose. I find that scenario representative of man's regard for all the other species on the planet.
Would the babies care if the person suffering was conscious or not?
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It went viral. I guess I'm going to have to go pick up some bacon; it's been awhile.
Gojira!!!