Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Ericthebearjew wrote:I say clone them. What could possibly go wrong? It's not like they're carnivores.
Blackfish wrote:Right? I rewatched Jurassic Park recently, and what struck me is that the lesson is not "don't play god", it's the much more specific "don't clone a bunch of vicious carnivores then automate your park and hire only one tech guy".
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Blackfish wrote:Ericthebearjew wrote:I say clone them. What could possibly go wrong? It's not like they're carnivores.
Right? I rewatched Jurassic Park recently, and what struck me is that the lesson is not "don't play god", it's the much more specific "don't clone a bunch of vicious carnivores then automate your park and hire only one tech guy".
I say clone 'em. We might have to evict all those people crowding Siberia, but it'll be worth it.
Marcuse wrote:it's debatable whether it would be possible to utilise an elephant as a surrogate due to the increased size of the mammoth compared with even the largest elephant.
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
CarrieVS wrote:I swear I read that mammoths are smaller than modern elephants.
52xMax wrote:CarrieVS wrote:I swear I read that mammoths are smaller than modern elephants.
Perhaps you were thinking of mastodons?
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
A Combustible Lemon wrote:Death is an archaic concept for simpleminded commonfolk, not Victorian scientist whales.
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