Is This A Good Idea?

[Mothman]

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[elliemay1]

Could be/ maybe not??

[Mothman]

Messed that up - anyhow:

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/woolly-mammoth-on-the-verge-of-resurrection-scientists-say/ar-AAn1k3H?li=BBoPWjQ&OCID=DELLDHP

I've put this in here rather than News or Science as I think the ethical questions outweigh the scientific or current affairs aspect. Have we learnt nothing from the BSE debacle, we're still meddling in stuff that I believe should be left well alone - mammoths died out for a reason and to create this bastardisation looks like no more than foolishness and vanity. Discuss.

[Mothman]

Is your keyboard on a hair trigger Elliemay?

[Old_Geezer]

How can one relate mad cow disease with recreating an extinct species ? I think that is an unbelievable overreaction.

Oh science, evil, if we were supposed to know things God would have already told us and put it in his holy book. We must leave everything alone and live in ignorance.

[Mothman]

Can't agree Old_Geezer - as I recall we thought it would be a great idea to feed ground up animal parts to cows, who are known to avoid cannibalism given the choice, and then suffered the consequences. A few years on we are again dabbling in an area we have absolutely no experience of and cannot possibly gauge the reaction it will have if successful. I don't see what the benefits of introducing a mammoth / elephant hybrid will be other than to satisfy our own vanity. Please don't think I'm having a go at science per se, or coming at this from any form of religious angle - I'm not, as stated, the original mammoths died out for a reason, we shouldn't be attempting to play god and reverse that.

[dave50]

Don't take life so seriously. Let them just get on with it. We are born, we live, we die, the end. Stop analyzing it.

[Mothman]

Always good advice that Dave. I'm not so niave that I'd believe I could do anything about this anyways, just interested in peoples thoughts and whether this steps over the "that's ethically acceptable" boundary.