Trying to resurrect extinct species while we actively try to make the existing ones extinct is absurd.
The existing species are lame compared to wooly mammoths and giant centipedes.
Entrepreneur plans to resurrect woolly mammoths
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#92I vote we bring back the Thylacine (AKA Tasmanian Tiger). Such a wondrously unique animal.
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#94What would be the business model for such a company?
My guess is, based on what we think of mammoth, it is a proof of concept that doesn't involve an animal that invokes ideas of Jurassic Park.
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#95They were so concerned with whether or not they could, they never stopped to think if they should.
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#96Because we can definitely fix things better than evolution can.
Uh, mammoths are extinct because of prehistoric human overhunting. Say we broke this particular issue.
Which is exactly how evolution works. Unless you want to exclude us humans from the process. Which is not a bad argument now, but probably less good in prehistory.
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#97What would be the business model for such a company?
This is what concerns me when I see entrepreneur in the title. I assume the business model would involve encaging them in zoos, hunting them in safaris, or slaughter them to produce exotic food and derived products.
Bringing back an extinct species in order to exploit it.