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> "Such a treatment could raise ethical concerns about the cross-species implantation of cells, as well as the significant safety trials that would be required"

> "Such a treatment could raise ethical concerns about the cross-species implantation of cells, as well as the significant safety trials that would be required" Yes the significant ethical concerns of deer antlers... what? We need to just accelerate (in general; I don't have many thoughts about deer antlers but don't let this stop you) and not get into another incident spending 14 years "safety testing" golden rice: https://twitter.com/kanzure/status/1636170779447513091 https://twitter.com/kanzure/status/1636170779447513091

UberFly 4y ago
Yes, perhaps we should get the Wuhan lab to go full speed ahead on this. What could go wrong?
- jMyles 4y ago
  Intentionally engineering features that make a pathogen more dangerous (whether or not that's the origin story of SARS-CoV-2) is not the same thing as putting antlers on a mouse. Or even putting antlers on a human. Electricity is wonderful for lighting our homes, powering our thinking machines, and talking to each other over vast distances using radio. That doesn't mean it's OK for some rent-seeking asshole company to make electric torture devices and hand them out to the cops. Likewise, genetic engineering can be useful, and fun, and productive, and insightful. It can also be murderous. The former don't per se imply the latter. Not everything needs to be weaponized. And some things need not to be.
  - UncleEntity 4y ago
    > Not everything needs to be weaponized. And some things need not to be. And some things need not be done at all. Could you imagine being a being with human level intelligence but trapped in a pig’s body, because science? Or The Island of Doctor Moreau as a warning and not a playbook of “things I want to do with my career”.
  - antlerguyno1 4y ago
    If it would help me to postpone old age by 200 years, I would gladly accept antlers. It's just bone, so I could always just saw them off if they get in the way
- gcheong 4y ago
  We all grow antlers and nobody works 3 months out of the year during rutting season?

UberFly 4y ago

Yes, perhaps we should get the Wuhan lab to go full speed ahead on this. What could go wrong?

jMyles 4y ago
Intentionally engineering features that make a pathogen more dangerous (whether or not that's the origin story of SARS-CoV-2) is not the same thing as putting antlers on a mouse. Or even putting antlers on a human. Electricity is wonderful for lighting our homes, powering our thinking machines, and talking to each other over vast distances using radio. That doesn't mean it's OK for some rent-seeking asshole company to make electric torture devices and hand them out to the cops. Likewise, genetic engineering can be useful, and fun, and productive, and insightful. It can also be murderous. The former don't per se imply the latter. Not everything needs to be weaponized. And some things need not to be.
- UncleEntity 4y ago
  > Not everything needs to be weaponized. And some things need not to be. And some things need not be done at all. Could you imagine being a being with human level intelligence but trapped in a pig’s body, because science? Or The Island of Doctor Moreau as a warning and not a playbook of “things I want to do with my career”.
- antlerguyno1 4y ago
  If it would help me to postpone old age by 200 years, I would gladly accept antlers. It's just bone, so I could always just saw them off if they get in the way
gcheong 4y ago
We all grow antlers and nobody works 3 months out of the year during rutting season?