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[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I saw a movie about something like this and it all worked out great and everyone was happy and fulfilled.

[–] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I saw it too and agree. It was such a feel good story that they made multiple sequels to it.

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Capitalism, uh, finds a way.

It has the most beautiful message, too: Life finds a way.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's no stopping this disaster at this point. It was nice being the dominant species.

We now have definitive proof that human intelligence isn't the net evolutionary positive we thought it was.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We were alright until we got domesticated by wheat.

“Oh look I make nice fibers for baskets, plant lots of me.”

“Hey did you know that you can eat my seeds? Try it!”

“No, that’s not spoiled porridge, it’s delicious beer!”

“Alright, bitch, how you gonna feed everybody without me? Where you gonna get your beer from? Now get anxiety and sit in traffic.”

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

The longer con is that Earth needed plastic but couldn't make it itself. Wheat is just a link in that long chain to get us to this point.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

may see approximations of creatures

We cannot resurrect extinct species. These would be hybrid species.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'd argue man has an obligation to restore species we had a hand in extinguishing.

Dodo, thylacine, passenger pigeon.

Start with them.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 2 points 19 hours ago

Yes! Let's bring back the dodo, everyone wants to know what they taste like deep fried

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yea, let's bring it to the ethics committee

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

The company is targeting the Dodo and Thylacine (though this article didn't mention that one)

[–] ProfessorScience@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Seems likely that we'll be better at making things go extinct than un-extinct for a while, yet.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No best case scenario it’s still a Frankensteins monster.

So dont be a dick to our creations lest they murder our loved ones? Got it.