Robert Klitzman
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So unfortunately at the moment, President Trump has been cutting back hugely on research at NIH and the National Institutes of Health. has funded immense amounts of research that have led to immense human benefit, partly because it's been available in the public domain. Research is published, which this company hasn't published many of its key findings.
So unfortunately at the moment, President Trump has been cutting back hugely on research at NIH and the National Institutes of Health. has funded immense amounts of research that have led to immense human benefit, partly because it's been available in the public domain. Research is published, which this company hasn't published many of its key findings.
So you could argue that there is a greater need to, A, focus public dollars on this, on research, which are now being drastically cut back. And secondly, a question is whether or not the prime aim here is to help
So you could argue that there is a greater need to, A, focus public dollars on this, on research, which are now being drastically cut back. And secondly, a question is whether or not the prime aim here is to help
So you could argue that there is a greater need to, A, focus public dollars on this, on research, which are now being drastically cut back. And secondly, a question is whether or not the prime aim here is to help
nature help endangered species or to make money right and if i think as dt wrote in his piece the company only plans to create maybe three or five dire wolves what's the point is it to develop science that they can then sell or is it to create these animals which create huge publicity And this has been the front cover of Time magazine. It's been on every major news network.
nature help endangered species or to make money right and if i think as dt wrote in his piece the company only plans to create maybe three or five dire wolves what's the point is it to develop science that they can then sell or is it to create these animals which create huge publicity And this has been the front cover of Time magazine. It's been on every major news network.
nature help endangered species or to make money right and if i think as dt wrote in his piece the company only plans to create maybe three or five dire wolves what's the point is it to develop science that they can then sell or is it to create these animals which create huge publicity And this has been the front cover of Time magazine. It's been on every major news network.
It's been on every major newspaper. They're trying, as I understand, to raise more money. So this gives them great profile. We're going to bring back these five animals. But is it to help nature? or is it to raise more money, and this is sort of the poster child for them?
It's been on every major newspaper. They're trying, as I understand, to raise more money. So this gives them great profile. We're going to bring back these five animals. But is it to help nature? or is it to raise more money, and this is sort of the poster child for them?
It's been on every major newspaper. They're trying, as I understand, to raise more money. So this gives them great profile. We're going to bring back these five animals. But is it to help nature? or is it to raise more money, and this is sort of the poster child for them?
The woolly mammoth, too, which is their long-range goal, they say, well, it could lead to meat and fur and tusks, and they may decrease global warming by tamping down permafrost. Well, there's decreasing amounts of tundra, icy tundra for them to live, to have... an industry of mammoth fur and meat. You need a lot of these animals, and we don't have the space for them.
The woolly mammoth, too, which is their long-range goal, they say, well, it could lead to meat and fur and tusks, and they may decrease global warming by tamping down permafrost. Well, there's decreasing amounts of tundra, icy tundra for them to live, to have... an industry of mammoth fur and meat. You need a lot of these animals, and we don't have the space for them.
The woolly mammoth, too, which is their long-range goal, they say, well, it could lead to meat and fur and tusks, and they may decrease global warming by tamping down permafrost. Well, there's decreasing amounts of tundra, icy tundra for them to live, to have... an industry of mammoth fur and meat. You need a lot of these animals, and we don't have the space for them.
Maybe Russian Siberia somewhere does. Good luck with that. The Russians aren't exactly our best buddies at the moment. And even if these animals do, wherever they walk, press down snow, the snow's going to melt further because of climate change. So you're not getting at the source of climate change. So I'm not sure how much
Maybe Russian Siberia somewhere does. Good luck with that. The Russians aren't exactly our best buddies at the moment. And even if these animals do, wherever they walk, press down snow, the snow's going to melt further because of climate change. So you're not getting at the source of climate change. So I'm not sure how much
Maybe Russian Siberia somewhere does. Good luck with that. The Russians aren't exactly our best buddies at the moment. And even if these animals do, wherever they walk, press down snow, the snow's going to melt further because of climate change. So you're not getting at the source of climate change. So I'm not sure how much
the end result is going to be actually helping animals versus making money.
the end result is going to be actually helping animals versus making money.
the end result is going to be actually helping animals versus making money.