Figures. If these shysters at Colossal had any integrity, they wouldn't be calling their modified gray wolves "dire wolves" in the first place. Everything Colossal says about their dire wolf project is misleading or just plain bullshit. They're not "de-extincting" anything. They're making a larger breed of gray wolf. But that doesn't sound sexy enough to set them up for a cash-grab IPO.
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And I still don't understand their plan here
They now have jumbo sized wolves. They can never release the wolves or euphanize them, they'd face infinite public backlash
Giant wolves are not an asset, they're an expense
So... The only thing that makes sense is they want to get in on the zoo game. But, I can't see zoos buying up GMO look alikes, so are they trying to make bargain bin Jurassic Park? Did they not watch it?
The folks at the top are getting VC money now for genetic research. The eventual goal is to sell the tech for parts. The "dire wolf" "de-extinction" is just their proof of concept that their genetic tech works.
The folks down at the operational level are either just doing a job or really think what they're doing is cool (I mean, I would certainly think tinkering like that was a blast).
That's fucking disgusting... But it does square the circle. I'm convinced, you're probably dead on with that
To be honest it's just a guess. But that's what happens to tech. They start up a company that never becomes profitable but take in VC cash, then sell off to a big guy and go on to do it again.
No... It makes way too much sense. I genuinely now think you're correct, I hate it, but your logic is very much solid
It's uncomfy, but I have to call truth as i see it
it's like they read Crichton and thought "ooooh these are all fantastic ideas....lets ignore the Compys eating the little girl alive and do the rest."
so essentially Colossal is InGen.
Resurrect Trilobites and give them lungs and sell as pets, then we can talk.
Lol, Behind The Bastards Podcast covered these fools a while back.
Behind the Bastards: Part One: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift
Behind the Bastards: Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift
I support having mammoths, dire wolves, and Pleistocene megafauna around. Seems max lulz.
