lumpenprol Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Some of you may have been following this, Harvard Prof George Church says we can now make a Neanderthal baby from extracted Neanderthal DNA injected into a human egg. Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, there seems to have been quite a bit of academic (I'm not sure about public) outrage at the idea, saying it's inhumane and disgusting to even consider. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2266108/Neanderthal-man-DNA-experiments-shadow-Dr-Frankenstein.html My first reaction was "cool!" I remember watching "Iceman" as a kid though. If we ended up treating the kid like a specimen it could really suck. But somehow I imagine we'd be more sensible these days...? Dunno. Anyway if we gave them all the same rights as humans and let them live freely, my brain still says "cool". What says watmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 we should create a couple and let geico make a reality show about their trials and tribulations living in los angeles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 sure why not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I'm not entirely sure this is going to be a great time to be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 we should create a couple and let geico make a reality show about their trials and tribulations living in los angeles lel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd syside Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 i vote yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Sure why not, we need new porn/fetish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlitze Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I guess we might as well create a couple of baby emrbyo babies athough i found zaphods idea of making them ''geico'' mexicans ... appropraiate. So far It only worked in 4.10 Breaking Bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest isaki Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 i vote yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 a neanderthal would be easily relatable so they would need to plan a really cozy life for it before anyone in society can be expected to get onboard. I think they should do it anyways but take it to some underground chinese or russian lab where they are already probably anal probing a young group of terrified Cro-Magnon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Sure why not, we need new porn/fetish. lol, win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 get them to work for us sweatshops and shit ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirezzi Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 I remember watching "Iceman" as a kid though. If we ended up treating the kid like a specimen it could really suck. Fuck yeah, as a kid I thought that movie was great (and tragic). Not sure if I'd feel the same way today. Timothy Hutton. Wow. Feeling old right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirezzi Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 "This is the last known photo of Bok Bok, taken three days before he fractured his human mother's skull with a table lamp. A team of MIT linguists believe Bok Bok was attempting to negotiate more time to play a popular video game, Call of Duty." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 it would be cool to put a baby neanderthal in a truman show style domed wilderness community with hired actors playing other neanderthals and then in his teens guide him out of the dome into a studio where he's greeted by a live audience and someone like jamie kennedy or snooki for a post show interview. the resulting killing spree would make for great television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 two good lols in a row btw apparently europeans have 4% Neanderthal DNA while blacks have next to none. Let the racism commence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Neandies in thug or chav dress would be an interesting sight. But human Neanderthal rights activists would probably denounce it for being discriminatory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Frankie5fingers Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 im ok with it, but only if it will become the new cast member of Buckwild. that show needs some intelligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adieu Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 short answer: No long answer: Maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Short answer: science isn't even close to that possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkreluke Banloboh Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Neanderthal has come to be used as a synonym for stupid, but they actually had larger brains than modern day humans (look it up). Not that brain size necessarily equals potential intelligence otherwise we should be sending elephants to university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Neanderthal has come to be used as a synonym for stupid, but they actually had larger brains than modern day humans (look it up). Not that brain size necessarily equals potential intelligence otherwise we should be sending elephants to university. elephants are a bit smart but they don't need degrees, fast cars, penthouse apartments, rolex watches or decent threads to get by.. they don't need to prove themselves to humans. but brain-to-body mass ratio is the important bit. elephants don't do well there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 only if pauly shore is involved somehow. and by involved i mean killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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