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reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:09 AM by Klassified

reply to post by caladonea

After reading the OP in this thread...I thought what about the baby...it needs love, nurturing and caring. If this scientist succeeds at this; I feel so sorry for that baby; I am concerned that it may not be loved.

Exactly. This is part of my own thinking. The motives are 100% selfish.

Also...why does he want to bring back the neanderthal species?

Being a scientist, I'm sure his motives are from a scientific perspective. Curiosity, study, learning. Certainly not for the well being of the subject in the experiment.

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:10 AM by Manhater

reply to post by IkNOwSTuff

You couldn't pay me enough.

That is just gross and inhumane

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:12 AM by Klassified

reply to post by Cinrad

As in the British monarchy? Well not lab rats but constantly scrutinized by the media, every move watched etc.

Yes. But worse. More like "The Truman Show".

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:13 AM by zedVSzardoz

reply to post by antonia

that is still up in the air. Some people argue that a dolphin is dumber than a gold fish based only brain structure. In other words a mechanical analysis of the parts....

others, psychologists and people who can accurately measure intelligence, if anyone can, say intelligence is directly related to brain size...

www.news-medical.net...

Albert Einstein had a larger part of the brain that handles mathematical skills (parietal lobe).

Scientists are currently interested in the possibility that physical differences in brain structure could determine different abilities. One part of the operculum called Broca's area plays an important role in speech production. To compensate, the inferior parietal lobe was 15 percent wider than normal. The inferior parietal region is responsible for mathematical thought, visuospatial cognition, and imagery of movement.

[ http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Albert_Einstein's_brain ]

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reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:17 AM by magycpapyri

Personally I think this is horrible, first why bring back something that is extinct for a reason! and second what mother would want to give birth to a child and let it be poked and prodded for scientific experimental purposes, what kind of life is this poor child going to have. Its cruel and I'm sick of these scientists always wanting to play "The Creator" role.

Sure its interesting, but not interesting enough to bring something back that's been gone for many years. Our lives revolve and move on for a reason and it should be left alone!

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:20 AM by Klassified

reply to post by GLontra

A Neanderthal is equal to any modern human in many ways.

Treating this person as a lab rat would be the same as treating any human being as a lab rat.

You should watch the video "IknowStuff" posted: Neanderthal

Scientists and doctors aren't above treating humans as lab rats, as we all know. So treating a resurrected Neanderthal as such will likely pose no problem for them.

I myself can see the excitement in something like this. But my ethical side tells me it isn't right. Just because we can, doesn't mean we should.

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:20 AM by skitzspiricy

Originally posted by Klassified
reply to post by Cinrad

As in the British monarchy? Well not lab rats but constantly scrutinized by the media, every move watched etc.

Yes. But worse. More like "The Truman Show".

I don't even believe it would get that far if this was given the ok and it was done successfully.

We would get a small nugget of closely guarded information every now and again about the test subject and that would be that.

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:23 AM by Klassified

reply to post by skitzspiricy

Agreed. I wasn't talking about the information we would get. Just the kind of life the subject would have.

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:24 AM by CJCrawley

Frankly, this story sounds like it's straight from the National Enquirer or Sunday Sport.

Is there enough Neanderthal DNA really?

Is it even feasible?

Anyway, they wont want for suitable candidates.

So, if it's feasible, we should be hearing about the birth of the first modern-day Neanderthal child in about a year.

If we don't, then it begins to smell of hoax...

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:26 AM by Heisenberg59

So easy a caveman could do it.

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:30 AM by AFewGoodWomen

Originally posted by Klassified
reply to post by caladonea

After reading the OP in this thread...I thought what about the baby...it needs love, nurturing and caring. If this scientist succeeds at this; I feel so sorry for that baby; I am concerned that it may not be loved.

Exactly. This is part of my own thinking. The motives are 100% selfish.

Also...why does he want to bring back the neanderthal species?

Being a scientist, I'm sure his motives are from a scientific perspective. Curiosity, study, learning. Certainly not for the well being of the subject in the experiment.

Ahhh...unfortunately, this would not be an experiment in social cues, Nurture Vs. Nature, or even a case study at all on this particular individual, whom, I suspect...is on the way or has already existed....all science wants to know: is mitochondrial DNA still viable today and can we clone the past?...THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT, nothing more, nothing less.

"So easy, even a caveman can do it."
Science isn't cuddly and caring...science is a STUDY that answers questions.

reply posted on 21-1-2013 @ 09:31 AM by AFewGoodWomen