SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoScientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly micewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down15cross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkScientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly micewww.theguardian.comSquiffSquiff@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square69fedilinkcross-posted to: science@lemmy.world
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·16 hours ago If they want to be helpful they can work out how to engineer humans that can survive 40 degree heat and breathe co2. That’s what they’re fucking doing by bringing back the mammoth… They’ll run when they’re ready, but right now they’re learning to crawl. Or to put it differently, let them cook.
minus-squarescholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI was being sarcastic, I don’t want bio-engineered humans adapted for extreme heat, I want us to not let our planet get to that point in the first place.
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWell that’s great and all, but what if that doesn’t happen? Would you rather be dead or living comfortably in a warmer climate?
That’s what they’re fucking doing by bringing back the mammoth…
They’ll run when they’re ready, but right now they’re learning to crawl. Or to put it differently, let them cook.
I was being sarcastic, I don’t want bio-engineered humans adapted for extreme heat, I want us to not let our planet get to that point in the first place.
Well that’s great and all, but what if that doesn’t happen? Would you rather be dead or living comfortably in a warmer climate?