[extropy-chat] Dragons

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Dirk Bruere <dirk at neopax.com> wrote:
> Well, here's a 'mythological creature' project that
> could probably be
> undertaken now, and if successful would be worth a
> fortune.
> Creating a Unicorn.

Been done.  It turned out much simpler just to glue a
horn to a horse's head...until the animal rights'
activists turned out against the circus (literally)
that
did it.  Problem: it might seem so much simpler and
tempting to alter an already born animal than to
tinker
with the genetics that, in practice, tinkering might
always be the path ultimately taken - which ruins the
point of the project.