[–] ArsCortica 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
What do you think of recloning a Neanderthal?
No. Just no. Cloning Mammoths as work animals is one thing, but cloning a potentially sapient species just for shit and giggles (and, as usual, military purposes) is one different thing entirely. The moment a living being recognizes it is only kept alive for the purpose of being a glorified freakshow is the precise moment where things go too far.
[–] 1Iron_Curtain ago
I concur and this is the best logical argument out there. I think the biggest quandary would be such a living being if it were to exist would in fact be easily manipulated for other experimental deviant purposes and of course things going too far would be when that specific living being just self-destructs and becomes a walking pariah for the rest of society.
I think ultimately its tied down to the same mentality that produced the whole human zoo phenomenon, although how it worked and its dynamics vastly differ, and of course they say there was some scientific reasoning at play, while in the case of recloning of Neanderthal it would not be for scientific purposes but would be playing with fire essentially.