Topic: Scientists create animal with artificial genetic code

The lack of humility before nature that's being displayed here, uh... staggers me.

Ian Malcom says:
Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

And in completely unrelated news: GIANT WORMS ATTACK TOKYO!!!!!! More news at 11.

That's what war is for.

jurassic park jokes aside, i love how people seem to think that this new thing will be used to help humanity... ha! you know what's gonna happen to this discovery? they're gonna patent it and then sit back and get rich as people have to pay them to use their new technology to insert artificial code into their animals. or, better yet, they'll make farmers pay big bucks to get specifically altered animals, and then they'll go after Farmer B when Farmer A's genetically altered bull gets loose and impregnates Farmer B's cow. god forbid nature progress as it has for billions of years or anything.

If these discoveries were honest-to-god made for the betterment of mankind, it would be one thing, but that's not how the world works. in the end, only the people with the ability to pay through the nose for this will have these animals, and there will still be hunger in the world. life goes on.

O____O

How depressingly realistic.

I need my bacon to glow in the dark!!!!

@theblackdragon

Never before have I agreed with your posts so much.

No i didn't write it, however i am working to become a geneticist or a forensic scientist, both of which i have to learn alot about this stuff. oh and i was referring to my other comment in this post, not the article

Everybody's mad up in here.

We're still a long way off from changing the DNA of complex organisms in ways which benefit us. This really isn't incredible news, this sort of thing has been going on for years in one form or another.

HELL YEAH!! I'd pay for that

And yes, I agree with dragon. If that doesn't depress you, then think about this: even if it were to help humanity, do you honestly believe they'll use it for everyone?! HA! Only the rich will be helped first and if it becomes cheap enough everyone else might too

But where do we draw the line? Mankind has been tampering with nature since the dawn of agriculture.

Don't worry.By the time these techniques are perfected we will have all killed each other or the planet anyway.
Frankly I have greater worries for the human race, TBH.

Jeff Goldblum was perfect for that character. It's a shame he hasn't had any major roles recently, he's a good actor.

And I wonder when Steven Spielberg's next big movie will come out? The last movie I saw by him was War of the Worlds, and that was... mediocre. I guess he's lost that film-making talent.

I think he's involved with some sci-fi tv series now.

And I wonder when Steven Spielberg's next big movie will come out?

He produces a lot of films these days. Means directing takes a back seat somewhat.

He did do Indiana Jones after War of the Worlds, though. And he has a few coming up - Tintin is next.

War of the Worlds sucked btw. Running and Hiding: The Movie!

So how long before we make chimeras and start killing people with them?

How do you know we haven't already?

Okay, how long until this discovery is announced and freaks start making them in their garages to kill the people who bullied him?

@theblackdragon That, or somewhat more evil purposes. You can never trust scientists to do the right thing with their discoveries, that's what engineers are for.