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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 re
by mo_42 4y ago
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…
- GalenErso 4y agoI 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..."
- kurthr 4y agoThat'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?"
- timeon 4y ago> to make room for previously extinct species There is barely room for contemporary species.
- ethanbond 4y agoAfter 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.
- klyrs 4y ago3. The dodo went extinct because, by all accounts, they were delicious