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Robert Evans

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Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

First off, let's split my issues here into pragmatic and then ethical. Pragmatic, bigger brain doesn't mean smarter. No. Dolphins have a bigger brain than us. They're not, so far, proven useful in getting us off the planet. They have other concerns, right? Yeah. The other thing is, if you're creating, if you're bringing back this species...

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

First off, let's split my issues here into pragmatic and then ethical. Pragmatic, bigger brain doesn't mean smarter. No. Dolphins have a bigger brain than us. They're not, so far, proven useful in getting us off the planet. They have other concerns, right? Yeah. The other thing is, if you're creating, if you're bringing back this species...

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

This is a sentient, sapient species, an independent species. And you are saying we'll use their big brains to get off the planet. Well, what if that's not what they want? What if they have other interests being their own independent beings?

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

This is a sentient, sapient species, an independent species. And you are saying we'll use their big brains to get off the planet. Well, what if that's not what they want? What if they have other interests being their own independent beings?

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

This is a sentient, sapient species, an independent species. And you are saying we'll use their big brains to get off the planet. Well, what if that's not what they want? What if they have other interests being their own independent beings?

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

Because it seems like your concern is like, well, we can just harness their big brains so that we can do the science stuff that I want to do because they'll be smart. Well, but what if they don't want to do that? Are you just saying you'll own them? Is that kind of what you're saying? Is that kind of what you're saying? I think you're trying to make big ass slaves, man.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

Because it seems like your concern is like, well, we can just harness their big brains so that we can do the science stuff that I want to do because they'll be smart. Well, but what if they don't want to do that? Are you just saying you'll own them? Is that kind of what you're saying? Is that kind of what you're saying? I think you're trying to make big ass slaves, man.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

Because it seems like your concern is like, well, we can just harness their big brains so that we can do the science stuff that I want to do because they'll be smart. Well, but what if they don't want to do that? Are you just saying you'll own them? Is that kind of what you're saying? Is that kind of what you're saying? I think you're trying to make big ass slaves, man.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

It is one of those things. He's not saying I want to make big ass slaves. But if you say I want to bring back a new intelligent species, you kind of immediately have to say and they will immediately be full citizens and right with the rights of human. But you have to like really emphasize that. Yeah. If you don't want me to be like, you just want slaves.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

It is one of those things. He's not saying I want to make big ass slaves. But if you say I want to bring back a new intelligent species, you kind of immediately have to say and they will immediately be full citizens and right with the rights of human. But you have to like really emphasize that. Yeah. If you don't want me to be like, you just want slaves.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

It is one of those things. He's not saying I want to make big ass slaves. But if you say I want to bring back a new intelligent species, you kind of immediately have to say and they will immediately be full citizens and right with the rights of human. But you have to like really emphasize that. Yeah. If you don't want me to be like, you just want slaves.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

They can live wherever they want. So that's the other thing, because like this Der Spiegel journalist is like, how do you even go about raising this species that you've brought back to life, right? Like they won't have parents or a culture.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

They can live wherever they want. So that's the other thing, because like this Der Spiegel journalist is like, how do you even go about raising this species that you've brought back to life, right? Like they won't have parents or a culture.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

They can live wherever they want. So that's the other thing, because like this Der Spiegel journalist is like, how do you even go about raising this species that you've brought back to life, right? Like they won't have parents or a culture.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

And as like, this is an intelligent hominid species, presumably most of how the real ones knew how to do the things that they did was that they were raised in families like us, right? Who like raised them, but there's no culture of these people anymore. So how do you raise them? And Church is kind of vaguely like, well, you'd like make a bunch at once, like a cohort, he calls them.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

And as like, this is an intelligent hominid species, presumably most of how the real ones knew how to do the things that they did was that they were raised in families like us, right? Who like raised them, but there's no culture of these people anymore. So how do you raise them? And Church is kind of vaguely like, well, you'd like make a bunch at once, like a cohort, he calls them.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

And as like, this is an intelligent hominid species, presumably most of how the real ones knew how to do the things that they did was that they were raised in families like us, right? Who like raised them, but there's no culture of these people anymore. So how do you raise them? And Church is kind of vaguely like, well, you'd like make a bunch at once, like a cohort, he calls them.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

I keep coming back to Jurassic Park because you can't not when it's talking about de-extinction. But also what's amazing to me is, again, Michael Crichton, the climate change denier, fucking weird guy, Michael Crichton, understood all of the ethical issues with this when applied to dinosaurs in a way this guy doesn't when applying them to like effectively a humanoid creature. Yeah.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

I keep coming back to Jurassic Park because you can't not when it's talking about de-extinction. But also what's amazing to me is, again, Michael Crichton, the climate change denier, fucking weird guy, Michael Crichton, understood all of the ethical issues with this when applied to dinosaurs in a way this guy doesn't when applying them to like effectively a humanoid creature. Yeah.

Behind the Bastards
Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

I keep coming back to Jurassic Park because you can't not when it's talking about de-extinction. But also what's amazing to me is, again, Michael Crichton, the climate change denier, fucking weird guy, Michael Crichton, understood all of the ethical issues with this when applied to dinosaurs in a way this guy doesn't when applying them to like effectively a humanoid creature. Yeah.