It remains to be seen if Colossal, with In-Q-Tel’s backing, can make good on its promises. And it’s unclear what, exactly, the intelligence world might gain from the use of CRISPR. But perhaps the CIA shares the company’s altruistic, if vague, motives: “To advance the economies of biology and healing through genetics. To make humanity more human. And to reawaken the lost wilds of Earth. So we, and our planet, can breathe easier.”
Techbros stop making the word "human" creepy and dehumanizing challenge. Difficulty level: MORE HUMAN
I feel like it's been at least a decade now that i've been hearing that cloning wooly mammoths are going to save us from melting permafrost in the siberian tundra so we can avoid the worst of the climate feedback loops. :doubt:
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you've heard of FOXDIE, get ready for MAMMOTHDIE
I've never heard the idea that cloning them would save us from melting permafrost. It seems more about bringing back an extinct species for its own sake. If we can figure it out we might be able to bring back some species we're responsible for killing off.
Looks like a different group. They start talking about it 10 minutes in