Excellent thread by @toriherridge.bsky.social . As well as criticising the tech bro hype and dodgy agendas, I'm yet to hear anyone in mainstream conservation (e.g. IUCN) talking about this kind of de-extinction. The real discussions are about ecological replacement, assisted colonisation etc
George Holmes
For the record, this is my comment to the journalist on Colossal’s dire wolf.
Tori Herridge
Colossal hype in media again.
“I don’t mind the Jurassic Park comparison” said CEO Ben Lamm, a 44-yr-old billionaire, “It taught people there’s this thing called DNA & humans can change it. The movie goes terribly wrong; it’s a dystopian movie about hubris. But it did a lot more right than wrong.”😒
Colossal Biosciences’ CEO says its work follows a ‘moral obligation’ while critics say it’s ‘tech bro’ hype that could undermine conservation
