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Too bad. Mammoths? Not possible and unethical, according to this geneticist's opinion piece in The Guardian. > The only way you will ever see a living mammoth
by rapnie 2y ago
Too bad. Mammoths? Not possible and unethical, according to this geneticist's opinion piece in The Guardian.
> The only way you will ever see a living mammoth is if our physicist friends finally crack time travel. I am a mere geneticist, but my understanding is that this remains very much in the realm of fiction. Perhaps in the meantime we could direct our scientific excitement and energies towards real problems, things on which millions of lives depend, rather than on this mammoth circus of macabre fantasy and moral bankruptcy.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/woolly-mammoth-us-scientists-unethical-government https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/06/woolly...
- vrosas 2y agoThe mammoth is their moonshot project. They’re working on a number of species that have more complete genomes in the name of de-extinction.
- Nasrudith 2y agoBoy that geneticist must be fun at parties. Focus on my pet issues exactly like I do or else you are literally morally bankrupt! You can tell his mind has been throughly warped by academic knife fighting for grants.