And what is the point of this? What do they want to do/prove? Or is it just to say they've done it and be the first.

Sad
Gretchen | Homepage | 04.01.08 - 6:30 pm | #

Frankly, this crosses into the territory of daring God to do something.

That's not a good game to play. Just ask Egypt.
LCB | 04.01.08 - 6:40 pm | #

Great,now I have to take all those medieval quodlibetal disputations that involve asking whether or not the active intellect abstracts the form of a chimera and throw them out the window.

Here's to you genetic scientists. You knew exactly that everyone wanted their own pet centaur, and now you can proudly say that you can deliver the zygote of one. Real men of genius . . .
Teep | 04.01.08 - 7:18 pm | #

well put, folks. ghoulish.
Ed Peters | Homepage | 04.01.08 - 9:40 pm | #

I hear Mancow is going to sue for infringement http://www.mancow.com/. (Just kidding)

I feel somewhat guilty about making a joke about something so (adequately put by Dr. Peters) ghoulish, but sometimes the abyss of evil is SO big I have to rely on my defense mechanisms (humor) to make sense of the world.
t2irish | 04.01.08 - 10:29 pm | #

Dr. Mengele, call you office.
bill912 | 04.01.08 - 11:24 pm | #

Mention genetically modified corn in Britain and see what reaction you get.

It appears that it's safer to be corn than human in the UK.
CS | 04.02.08 - 8:54 am | #

CS, great point.
Ed Peters | Homepage | 04.02.08 - 10:39 am | #

Shame on them for fooling around with human life!
Pauline Kasper | 04.02.08 - 2:31 pm | #