Could Jurassic Park be a reality?

Could Jurassic Park be a reality? Could Extinction be the thing of the past? Could we resurrect Dinosaurs in a living state of being? If you recall the movie Jurassic Park was about resurrecting the Dinosaurs. The plan was to make a living dinosaur through DNA. Later their idea was to make a park in which people could view these Dinosaurs. Can you imagine living in a world filled with these creatures? Could we use new technology to recreate the past? And if so would this be dangerous for us humans? Many of the dinosaurs would be meat eaters and be predators of humans. Could we have a Dinosaur Park and view the Dinosaurs much like we do the Indianapolis Zoo here in Indy? I am not talking mechanical Dinos either. But, the real genuine article.

Well According to another 60 Minutes Episode it may be possible to recreate the extinct. Scientist have made a breakthrough in discovering the genetic coding of animals. One in particular species is the Wooly Mammoth. According to this video it would be fairly easy to get the genetic coding or DNA from an old hair sample. Better yet find the extinct animal frozen in snow and ice and use the tissue to break the genetic coding. You may have heard of the cloning of a sheep or animals. Scientists now have discovered a way to change the DNA Genetic Material in extinct's family counter parts to recreate them. They suggest reconstructing the DNA Genetic Material in eggs so that extinct species that have been gone for millions of years can relive again! How far is going too far? Is this playing God? Will we be killed by Robots or Dinosaurs? This brings up a strong concern of mine. Yet again my point is that most of Hollywood at the time might seem very farfetched, yet some of the technologies seen in movies are now becoming possibilities. This kind of scares me a little bit. Could we be destroying ourselves here or are we really making our own lives better? I think with anything if they are going to do this that they need to set limitations or be protective of the technology in which they have invented. I wouldn't want the human race to become extinct.

What kind of game are we playing with? In class we talked about finite vs. infinite rules. We know in basketball the finite rules, but this is something different. I would say this is dealing with infinite rules. I do not think we know what we are dealing with here. The rules are unfamiliar. Are we breaking the rules of extinction here? What is breaking the rules? Will breaking the rules of extinction change the world? And if so how will it change the world? Is breaking the rules here a bad or good thing? Could this be the solution to extinction? Is extinction ok or not ok? Why or why not is it ok? What does everyone else think? What are some of your ideas?

Link to 60 Minutes Video relating to this blog.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6078982n&tag=cbsnewsSidebarArea.0