Have we learned nothing from Jurassic Park?

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If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?

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A question was posted for those of us publishing on WordPress to ponder; “If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?”

Now, I love dinosaurs , always have, but the thought of bringing one back from extinction leaves me feeling rather cold. There’s a famous line in the first Jurassic Park movie, “Your scientist were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

Dinos aside, this statement is perhaps one of the most profound to come out of Hollywood in decades. Its relevance today is even more striking, as we will definitely need science to help us through the current climate crisis, but the debate over science in our lives has never been more polarized. Science absolutely should be monitored, and controlled in order to safeguard us all, but that doesn’t mean science should be limited. This is especially true if it’s done because what has been found is unpopular and/or inconvenient. We’ve lost enough time in the climate fight to such nonsense as it is.

Science is a tool, and it’s time to start using that tool to help where it can. As for the dino question, well… seriously people , have we learned nothing from Jurassic Park?”