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Part Two: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift

2025/6/5
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Robert：我对乔治·丘奇参与的复活灭绝生物项目持怀疑态度。我认为他利用这些项目来炒作，并从中获利。他声称要复活尼安德特人、猛犸象和恐狼，但实际上他并没有真正想复活这些生物，而是想利用这些项目来吸引投资，并为他的其他项目做宣传。此外，我对丘奇的伦理观表示担忧。他与一些有争议的人物和公司合作，包括杰弗里·爱泼斯坦和BGI。BGI因其类似优生学的企业文化以及参与国家对维吾尔族的监视和骚扰而受到批评。丘奇还参与了一些有争议的项目，例如DigiDate，这是一种基因约会服务，旨在阻止那些共享遗传突变的人相遇、相爱和生孩子。我认为这些项目都存在伦理问题，丘奇并没有充分考虑到这些问题。 Langston Kerman：我对乔治·丘奇的所作所为感到震惊。他似乎对伦理问题漠不关心，只关心自己的利益。他与一些有争议的人物和公司合作，并参与了一些有争议的项目。我认为他是一个危险的人物，我们应该警惕他。

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Robert investigates Dr. George Church's involvement with controversial projects, including de-extinction and a genetic dating app. The episode questions Church's ethical considerations and explores the potential for his work to be misused.
  • Dr. George Church's association with Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Church's proposal to bring back Neanderthals using human surrogates.
  • Church's prioritization of technological feasibility over societal desirability.
  • Questions about the ethical implications of de-extinction and human gene editing.

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Robert explores Dr. Church's weird history with eugenics adjacent projects, like the world's creepiest dating app, and how Colossal Biosciences was created and immediately used by the Trump administration as an excuse to attack the Endangered Species Act.

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