08 Apr 13
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Originally posted by sonhouseI don't see any ethical problem; but I would be very careful to analyze the impacts on they might have on current ecosystems before doing it.
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-ethics-resurrecting-extinct-species.html
We may be able to it in a few years. But should we?
08 Apr 13
Originally posted by sonhouseit is a question entirely of ecology. should we introduce extinct species into our ecosystem?
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-ethics-resurrecting-extinct-species.html
We may be able to it in a few years. But should we?
maybe velociraptor meat might make the best burger ever. maybe mammoth might cure cancer. it is illogical to concer ourselves with non-existant ethical problems, and as long as nobody gets hurt, there are none. i don't suppose you are against stem cell research, are you?
08 Apr 13
Originally posted by sonhouseI think we should put a drop of water on some hot chicks hand and see which way it rolls off to test chaos, then go have ice cream.
http://phys.org/news/2013-04-ethics-resurrecting-extinct-species.html
We may be able to it in a few years. But should we?
08 Apr 13
Originally posted by sh76We don't exactly have a great history of being able to predict the impacts that new species have on ecosystems.
I don't see any ethical problem; but I would be very careful to analyze the impacts on they might have on current ecosystems before doing it.
I generally would think it would be somewhat ok if we were to revive a species into an ecosystem where it recently went extinct due to external forces, but careful is an understatement of what we need to be when considering this.
08 Apr 13
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Originally posted by PsychoPawnAre you objecting on practical grounds (the possible negatives could be disasterous) or on ethical grounds (it is morally wrong to re-introduce extint species) or some combination of both?
We don't exactly have a great history of being able to predict the impacts that new species have on ecosystems.
I generally would think it would be somewhat ok if we were to revive a species into an ecosystem where it recently went extinct due to external forces, but careful is an understatement of what we need to be when considering this.
08 Apr 13
Originally posted by quackquackPrimarily practical. When we've introduced species into new environments in the past we've had really bad results even when we've thought that we thought it through.
Are you objecting on practical grounds (the possible negatives could be disasterous) or on ethical grounds (it is morally wrong to re-introduce extint species) or some combination of both?
Just look up the cane toad in Australia.
08 Apr 13
Originally posted by quackquackI'm a bit tentative about that, but I'm open to the possibility.
What would you think of ressurrecting extinct animal in contained environments (like zoos)?
The question really is what real benefit we are going to reap from it. If it's just to sit in a cage and be a spectacle then I am not really for it. That sounds like wasting the effort just for a spectacle.
08 Apr 13
Originally posted by PsychoPawnI was thinking that perhaps we could have scientific study in a controlled environment. In that sense we could get much of the benefit while controlling much of the potential downside of introducing a new species into the environment.
I'm a bit tentative about that, but I'm open to the possibility.
The question really is what real benefit we are going to reap from it. If it's just to sit in a cage and be a spectacle then I am not really for it. That sounds like wasting the effort just for a spectacle.
08 Apr 13
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Originally posted by ZahlanziReversing the course of nature, or of evolution if you choose, may carry with it some risks. We don't know, other than some theories, why these animals are extinct.
it is a question entirely of ecology. should we introduce extinct species into our ecosystem?
maybe velociraptor meat might make the best burger ever. maybe mammoth might cure cancer. it is illogical to concer ourselves with non-existant ethical problems, and as long as nobody gets hurt, there are none. i don't suppose you are against stem cell research, are you?
My attitude is, proceed with caution. Think Jurassic Park.
I'm thinking of some far less invasive things that have already been done, like reintroducing cougars, and wolves into various areas of the US. The consequences often aren't really contemplated, and then you have hungry cats picking off pets, and even small children. Wolves are thriving in Northern Michigan, and may actually help bring overpopulation of deer under control, but there isn't as much habitat for either animal as there was when the wolves were driven to extinction.
08 Apr 13
Originally posted by quackquackI don't know what it is, but I am not completely against animal testing when necessary, but it feels a little effed up to bring a species back from the dead just to experiment on them.
I was thinking that perhaps we could have scientific study in a controlled environment. In that sense we could get much of the benefit while controlling much of the potential downside of introducing a new species into the environment.
09 Apr 13
Originally posted by ZahlanziHardly. I welcome all aspects of medical and biological research. I wasn't in the for or against camp of the re-establishment projects, just interested in what people had to say about it.
it is a question entirely of ecology. should we introduce extinct species into our ecosystem?
maybe velociraptor meat might make the best burger ever. maybe mammoth might cure cancer. it is illogical to concer ourselves with non-existant ethical problems, and as long as nobody gets hurt, there are none. i don't suppose you are against stem cell research, are you?
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09 Apr 13
Originally posted by normbenign"Reversing the course of nature, or of evolution if you choose, may carry with it some risks."
Reversing the course of nature, or of evolution if you choose, may carry with it some risks. We don't know, other than some theories, why these animals are extinct.
My attitude is, proceed with caution. Think Jurassic Park.
I'm thinking of some far less invasive things that have already been done, like reintroducing cougars, and wolves into vari ...[text shortened]... 't as much habitat for either animal as there was when the wolves were driven to extinction.
My own attitude is that we are part of nature, for better or worse. If nature evolved a species that bring back extinct species, it's part of nature.
Someone will bring back extinct species if it can be done. Find who thinks it will benefit them and that's who it will be. We should do what's in our interests on this (whoever "we" are.)