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If we are not careful, the world’s data will get lost like many ancient documents and records, leaving future generations with many unanswered mysteries.
The Top Ten Most Important Ancient Documents Lost to History
Is it possible to bring dinosaurs back from the dead? Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago, but could we use DNA to create a real-life Jurassic Park?
De-extinction using genetic engineering has several ethical issues. Worse, if successful, it can significantly impact global biodiversity, leading to more problems.
Bringing back woolly mammoths and dodos is a bad idea
hmm, not wanting kids is one thing. Banning or bullying others into not having them is something else. This is an interesting idea, not sure how it will catch on if the gene for it dies with those suffering from such thoughts.
Adherents view life not as a gift and a miracle, but a harm and an imposition. And their notion that having children may be a bad idea seems to be gaining mainstream popularity
The doomsday vault currently holds several terabytes of digital data, so not everything would be lost in an apocalypse.
An apocalypse-proof data center
(5 upvotes)A gene bank to preserve life forms on earth
(7 upvotes)There are a few high-end data centres in the world that could survive most calamities.
Most of the world’s data is so fragile that simple mishaps like power failure can destroy it.
If we are not careful, the world’s data will get lost like many ancient documents and records, leaving future generations with many unanswered mysteries.
Digital doomsday vault
(5 upvotes)An apocalypse-proof data center
(5 upvotes)De-extinction efforts are technically challenging, as some animals, like dinosaurs, have been extinct for too long for their DNA to be viable.
De-extinction using genetic engineering has several ethical issues. Worse, if successful, it can significantly impact global biodiversity, leading to more problems.
Genetic engineering is also a potential solution for saving endangered animals like northern white rhinos.
A gene-editing company is also attempting to bring back to life an extinct Mauritian bird.
Check out this story about scientists’ efforts to bring the woolly mammth to life, an animal that has been extinct for about 4,000 years.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/09/world/woolly-mammoth-elephant-stem-cells-scn/index.html
This has been done! Spanish scientists brought back to life an extinct wild goat. Sadly, the cloned animal did not survive.
Gene editing, combined with other technologies like AI, can offer humanity a way to bring back extinct animals and prevent future extinction.
hmm, not wanting kids is one thing. Banning or bullying others into not having them is something else. This is an interesting idea, not sure how it will catch on if the gene for it dies with those suffering from such thoughts.
Lol, sounds perfect for ungrateful gits who blame overpopulation for not liking humanity.
Antinatalism
(-2 upvotes)If people are able to erase bad memories, who would chose to forget their entire life?
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