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[42n81]

Hey, listen, this is great news but why don't we focus on boring stuff like finding a cure for cancer first.

Then, if they're still interested, I'll even send these guys a few bucks so they can clone a Wooly Mammoth. They'll have deserved it.

[JohnImig]

Oy...you're gonna need a bigger grill...

[ushere]

great - then they can clone neanderthal man and we can try starting all over again.

(not holding my breath for a better outcome)

[TerryMurray]

42n81, on 17 January 2011 - 05:11 PM, said:

Hey, listen, this is great news but why don't we focus on boring stuff like finding a cure for cancer first.

You make it sound like there is one big lab full of all the world's scientists and they are wasting their time on cloning tech. Obviously that is not the case. I don't know the number, but I would estimate that tens of thousands of researches are focused on the many many different facets of cancer research (it isn't just one disease, and there won't be only one cure). Civilization's research efforts MUST be spread across as many disciples as possible to advance human knowledge. Diversity is key, especially if another problem pops up to face humanity that's worse than cancer, like heart disease. (?)

Also, for all we know, cloning technology with its focus on dna and embryonic cells may end up giving key knowledge to stem cell researchers, which in turn may end up paving the road to cancer cures, so this research may ultimately help in the cancer arena.

Finally, try not to be such a debbie-downer.

[42n81]

TerryMurray, on 17 January 2011 - 05:49 PM, said:

42n81, on 17 January 2011 - 05:11 PM, said:

Hey, listen, this is great news but why don't we focus on boring stuff like finding a cure for cancer first.

You make it sound like there is one big lab full of all the world's scientists and they are wasting their time on cloning tech.

Well, that would be cost efficient time wasting, now, wouldn't it?

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Also, for all we know, cloning technology with its focus on dna and embryonic cells may end up giving key knowledge to stem cell researchers, which in turn may end up paving the road to cancer cures, so this research may ultimately help in the cancer arena.

Finally, try not to be such a debbie-downer.

Yeah, great.

I can just hear the doctor giving the patient the good news that his cancer can be cured, but that he'll have to live the rest of his life as a Wooly Mammoth.

On the upside, the Doctor continues, "You get a Mammoth Willy".

This post has been edited by 42n81: 17 January 2011 - 06:22 PM

[42n81]

ushere, on 17 January 2011 - 05:44 PM, said:

great - then they can clone neanderthal man and we can try starting all over again.

(not holding my breath for a better outcome)

On the bright side, though, I doubt that we could do any worse.

Note to TerryMurray: See? I can view the bright side, too! I'm not such a "debbie-downer" now, am I. Dang these heels are killing me... ooops, sorry!

[TerryMurray]

42n81, on 17 January 2011 - 06:27 PM, said:

On the bright side, though, I doubt that we could do any worse.
Note to TerryMurray: See? I can view the bright side, too! I'm not such a "debbie-downer" now, am I. Dang these heels are killing me... ooops, sorry!

Haha. Touché.

[iQuack]

Oh, goody!
I can't wait for there to be hundreds of woolly mammoths roaming the streets. I hope they're friendly.

[progeria]

A cure for cancer?
It's not in their interest. If they find a cure for cancer, the population of the globe will grow beyond the predicted limits.

[DTNick]

This reminds me of the book The Way Things Work.

[AleksanderKaisen]

42n81, on 17 January 2011 - 05:11 PM, said:

Hey, listen, this is great news but why don't we focus on boring stuff like finding a cure for cancer first.

Then, if they're still interested, I'll even send these guys a few bucks so they can clone a Wooly Mammoth. They'll have deserved it.

What if some kind of mammoth enzymes or mammoth stuff will provide a cancer cure?

[BeatonNyamapanda]

Hilarious. We should have commentators like you guys all across the internet.

[42n81]

iQuack, on 17 January 2011 - 09:51 PM, said:

Oh, goody!
I can't wait for there to be hundreds of woolly mammoths roaming the streets. I hope they're friendly.

I hope they're tasty and not too gamey.

[42n81]

progeria, on 18 January 2011 - 12:15 AM, said:

A cure for cancer?
It's not in their interest. If they find a cure for cancer, the population of the globe will grow beyond the predicted limits.

Come to think of it, massive herds of Wild Wooly Mammoth might simultaneously solve world hunger and overpopulation.

The requisite cleaning crews would even help lower unemployment.

[crosswordbob]

42n81, on 18 January 2011 - 03:36 AM, said:

progeria, on 18 January 2011 - 12:15 AM, said:

A cure for cancer?
It's not in their interest. If they find a cure for cancer, the population of the globe will grow beyond the predicted limits.

Come to think of it, massive herds of Wild Wooly Mammoth might simultaneously solve world hunger and overpopulation.

The requisite cleaning crews would even help lower unemployment.

Nah - they've got the food thing sorted: http://www.plosone.o...al.pone.0014445

[IyaAlimurong]

Maybe they should start with the Dodo bird?

[crosswordbob]

IyaAlimurong, on 18 January 2011 - 04:16 AM, said:

Maybe they should start with the Dodo bird?

Dunno—read any Jasper Fforde? Pickwick's quite a handful.

"Plock!"

[chrislynch8]

Think about it - Wooly Mammoth Burger,never mind curing cancer thingk of all the Wooly Mammoths that could be clone and sent as food for countries that suffer from famine

[RanukaPerera]

DTNick, on 18 January 2011 - 12:52 AM, said:

This reminds me of the book The Way Things Work.

Reminds me of the "The Way Things Work" CD.