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Definitely a cuteness bias here.
by fasteddie31003 6y ago
Definitely a cuteness bias here.
- xkeysc0re 6y agoLet's face it: we live in a Lookist society. This isn't talked about nearly as much as it should be
- fasteddie31003 6y agoVery true
- ravi-delia 6y agoConsidering the huge and absolutely idiotic tide of resistance to any sort of cloning progress that comes up with every headline like this, the first success of this kind probably should be of a cute ferret that's easy to defend.
- franga2000 6y agoAs another commenter ("1-6") said, cloning cute animals is how you get the public's support. The market isn't going to support the costs of developing cloning tech to save endangered species and government grants aren't big enough either. But if you market the tech to rich people who want clones of their pets, you can actually develop it and then, once you have it, modifying it to save endangered species, even ones that aren't cute, gets much easier and cheaper.