Comment on use it on strangers

theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Releasing wolves in Yellowstone stabilised the ecosystem there. Releasing direwolves on Wall St might stabilise the economy.

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  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The wolves of wall street?

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    • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’d watch that

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  • BrazenSigilos@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Might need to make the location change to Pennsylvania Ave for a greater effect.

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• ryedaft@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They are making game of thrones real. Lots of whores and titties, big ass wolves, religious cults taking over government, zombies, crucifixions, people being eaten by dragons.

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  • meyotch@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No incest? :(

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    • xeekei@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Be the change you wanna see in the world.

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• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In an ideal world, it’d be to de-extinct fairly modern things that filled a niche that is no longer being filled. This is far from an ideal world though, and the reason in this world is to make press releases to get people talking about it so they can raise more money while not creating anything of actual value.

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Okay let’s play that out… Everyone gets excited, they make big strong wolves and get funding… Now what?

    They’ve got a pack of extra big wolves raised under human care. Do they kill them? Do they sell them? Do they open their own park? Do they just keep them for study? Do they just leave the gate open and let them go?

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    • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t think you read my comment. They wouldn’t bring back dire wolves that don’t have a niche in the current ecosystem. They’d bring back things that have gone extinct in the last century or so, or maybe artificially modify existing creatures to fit niches that are no longer filled. This project isn’t doing what would happen in an ideal world. It’s only making garbage to sell to investors to make a bunch of money and bail.

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      • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I understand that, but the wolves are living things that require expert care. This isn’t some cat they can take home or some mouse they can quietly put down… They’re stuck with them

        If they kill them, they’d get death threats (people are already attached). If the wolves escape, they’d get protesters. People will likely come to try to see the wolves, the wolves will try to escape and become extra aggressive if they’re understimulated

        Good PR stunts don’t require you to run a zoo for the next 14 years - and whether they allow guests or not, they’ll need a team of people, including round the clock security, to take care of them

        So unless they can sell them to someone, every success they have pushes them further into becoming Jurassic Park, but with less cool animals

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  • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably start with one or a few cool scientists with that original purpose, then by the time it can take life it’s gone through the enshittification machine.

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• GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The point is to get people excited so they can get funding to keep developing the technologies that will make this kind of genetic engineering commercially viable

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sure… But now they’ve got these wolves for the next 14 years

    They can’t “reextinct” dire wolves or release them, so they’re now in the zoo business one way or the other

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just watched some youtube video and they were talking about how the CIA and big moneys people are heavily invested in this company. Makes me think they’re in it to make genetically modified animals or even people for “national security” or something.

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  • eutsgueden@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    National security? Nah, those ghouls want to live forever.

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• DogWater@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gattaca

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  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is exactly it. This is just training for children customisation.

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    • DogWater@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah everyone is asking what they are going to do with these animals they create and the answer is nothing once they get good enough at it to do it to humans lmao

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• qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To say they did?

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  • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And now they have a pack of XL sized wolves… That’s not like making a glow in the dark cat, that’s either the main plan or a very big problem

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