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What could possibly go wrong?
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:13 pm
by I Shrugged
Scientists Create Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey
Plans to create this new species for organ harvesting. Jeesh!
https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-04- ... 2_readmore
Re: What could possibly go wrong?
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:48 pm
by boglerdude
"over 110,000 people are currently on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant."
So, worth the risk
Re: What could possibly go wrong?
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:27 am
by Kriegsspiel
Sounds like the plot of Oryx & Crake is coming about. Are they working on pigs and chickens, too?
Re: What could possibly go wrong?
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:30 am
by I Shrugged
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.