Tell me you don't understand science by referencing a genetically modified gray wolf.
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2025
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Trump is too busy eating crayons to think about much else
He's just excited about the thought of hurting the environment. He doesn't know what the environment is, but he knows that the people he is afraid of care about it
It's a designer wolf, that's it
That's what happens when a crowd of bloody muppets, who: don't understand science, refuse to learn about it, refuse to understand what specialists are talking about, take conclusions from a mix of wishful belief + assumptions + pulp fiction, manages to get one of themselves in power. And if anything it proves to me that stupidity is worse than malice.
Like, let's pretend for a moment that they totally resurrected the dire wolf, instead of editing a few grey wolf genes and calling it a day. And let's pretend that this strategy would be viable for multiple species, even dinos. You're still doing a lot more effort to resurrect a species than to just keep it alive, you know? The efficient strategy here is to protect those species.
If it doesn't directly transfer money into his pockets, they will tear it down.
The stunt will have served its purpose then
What an asshole.
Hey, I have photos of endangered species. That's good enough!