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What could possibly go wrong?

Post by I Shrugged » Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:13 pm

Scientists Create Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey

Plans to create this new species for organ harvesting. Jeesh!

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Post by boglerdude » Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:48 pm

"over 110,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant."

So, worth the risk
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:27 am

Sounds like the plot of Oryx & Crake is coming about. Are they working on pigs and chickens, too? ;D
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Post by I Shrugged » Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:30 am

boglerdude wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:48 pm
"over 110,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant."

So, worth the risk
If these creatures have any amount of human intelligence and social skills, this is going to be hugely immoral.

We don't know what it will be. Maybe the scientists do, but we don't. To me it sounds like a boundary that shouldn't be crossed.
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