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Genetic engineering thread, /sci/. I have a specific question. Within the next century or two, our understanding of life will likely be sufficient to allow for designer animals. The good news is that it means real Pokemon. The bad news is that is also means real furries.

Is it worth it, /sci/?

Pic related, it's a pig that glows green under UV light.

>> No.1735171

>>1735161The good news is that it means real Pokemon.

The Asians and Mexicans already have those. They're called roosters.

>> No.1735176
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Daleks incoming!

>> No.1735189

>>1735171
Sure, if you like Pidgey.
Me, I want a Bulbasaur. And if furries will also exist, I'll have to live with that. I've never seen someone in a fursuit IRL anyway.

But now that I think of it, a bioengineered furry is like a fursuit that never, ever comes off...

>> No.1735199
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I want one of these.

>> No.1735202

Bleh, I don't care about furries as long as I have a Pokémon.

I want my motherfucking Charizard.

>> No.1735205

>>1735202
>I want my motherfucking Charizard.
You mean your biological incendiary weapon?
I love the idea, but I don't know how people could own these when you can't have a flamethrower.

>> No.1735206

>OP doesn't realize pokemon would be ugly as shit IRL and also would not have superpowers, and also we do not have pokeballs either dumbass.

>> No.1735211

>>1735206
But I could still have a fucking shockmouse!

>> No.1735225

>>1735211
You're full of shit, you know that?

>> No.1735241

>>1735225
You're projecting. The pokemon thing wasn't really the focus here, and no, I don't think all the horribly unrealistic facets of the show are possible. But a mouse that uses bioelectricity as an offensive or defensive weapon? Absolutely possible. Electric eels are the proof of concept. It would not work quite as well in air perhaps, and ranged effects might not be possible, but the idea of a "shockmouse" is well within reasonable bounds.

>> No.1735245

Fursuits are terrible though.

And body modified "furries" would be at least better than those covered head to toe in obnoxious tattoos and their ears/tongues/lips gauged out more than African tribes people.

>> No.1735248
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Designer animals have been here...just don't confuse science with science fiction.

>> No.1735254

in some nations, and even us states flame throwers are legal

>> No.1735255
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There are people who would be interested in permanent animalistic body modification.

>> No.1735264

>>1735171
lol'd

>> No.1735268

>>1735254
Wow really? Nice. I'd love to try one out sometime. The proper safety precautions must be pretty cumbersome though.

Also, an IRL charizard would need a very high-calorie diet if it actually spewed anything combustible.

>> No.1735292

>>1735161

>The bad news is that is also means real furries.

What kind of furries? Genetically-engineered super-furry chimeras, from scratch? i.e. "normal" furries?

Or people getting furry genemods?

>> No.1735321

>>1735292
I assume that if we had such capabilities, OP means both?

>> No.1735338

>>1735321

Well then.

The Good: GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED SUPER-FURRIES HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA OH GOD DELICIOUS SCIENCE

The Bad: You'd have to stand a group of three merry blue genemodded foxes walking around naked in the mall. Then killing people for fun.

>> No.1735352

>>1735321
>>1735292
Yeah, pretty much. Somatic cell gene modification is a lot harder than germline (reproductive) cell modification, but limited body mods will probably be possible around the same time as full designer animals - based off existing animals, of course. No reason to reinvent the wheel if it gets the job done, at least for the first 50 or so years of real designer animals.

>> No.1735361

>>1735338
>Then killing people for fun.
Pretty sure genetic engineering won't change the social norm that says "Killing people is bad, mmmmkay?"

>> No.1735377

>>1735361

Wasn't there a little cult of people pretending to be wolves who actually killed and ate people to be more like, well, wolves?

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1. Wasps transfected with Cobra Venom Protease 1, tagged for synthesis in venom glands only so the buggers don't dissolve themselves.
2. Wasps are shown a bright UV light, then poked with a needle, repeatedly, until they become enraged by the sight of a bright UV spot.
3. Put wasps in a container. Obtain a handheld UV laser. Release wasps, shine UV laser on furry.

Suffer not the furry to live.

>> No.1735408

Though I still don't see what the point in bioengineering "superfurries" is...

>> No.1735420

>>1735408
Furries do. If there's a market for it, then it will happen.

>> No.1735421

>>1735408

Think about it: If the luddites rage so hard at stem cells, imagine how they will react to genetically-engineered super-furry human-animal hybrids!

The butthurt will be... There will be blood. A lot of blood.

A lot of the furries will be burnt and killed by Jesus nuts, but hey, think of the delicious conservative years.

EVERYONE would be trolled: Creationists, conservatives, republicans, Jesus freaks, and the fucking ethics bandwagoners.

>> No.1735433

>>1735421
You don't need genetically modified furries because by the time that kind of technology becomes available, complete nervous system monitoring technology will be available (working prototype in mah lab, squeedalee) and you can just replace the majority of your peripheral meats with bionic parts that look like they belong on a furry. You can even cover the robotic exoskeleton with reasonably priced carpet.

>> No.1735446

>>1735420
(Unless you're referring to actual human modification) I'd think the market would be stronger for Anthroids. Then again, I am kind of a robophiliac myself.

>>1735421
Of course, that would involve developing the technology to engineer "superfurries" without it becoming public until "superfurries" can actually be churned out. Sounds like it'd be difficult to do.

>> No.1735449

>>1735433
This assumes robotics will be an acceptable substitute for what is meant to be biological. It will never be a fully acceptable solution, especially for people who want the sensory experience.

>> No.1735454

>>1735446
The mods would gradually become more extensive as technology advanced. Maybe something largely cosmetic, like cat-like ears, would be one of the earlier things to come out.

>> No.1735496

>>1735449
I'd find it acceptable. :'(

Nothing's worse than a wild animal.

>> No.1735521

>>1735496
I disagree. People can be considerably more vicious.

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>>1735161
>real furries.

:D

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>>1735421
http://www.pholph.com/

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>>1735541

>> No.1735553

>>1735449
It's easy to stimulate an action potential in a neuron. If you have a conductor parallel to the axon, just apply current along the conductor opposite the direction you want the neuron to fire.

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>>1735546

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>>1735557

>> No.1735568

>>1735521
So some twisted combination of the two would be any better?

I can't see it ending well.

>> No.1735578

>>1735532

Yeah, mental note: Make sure the super-furries have human dicks rather than ugly big red deformed animal dicks 3:~~

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>>1735578
fuckthatshit.jpg

>> No.1735638

>>1735578
>Make sure the super-furries have human dicks
I'm afraid that is beyond your control.

>> No.1735642

>>1735638

3:

>> No.1735658

Hey, some chicks might like dog dick. I've heard it's actually pretty good at stimulating the human vagina .

>> No.1735663

>>1735595

shit damn that clam is packin

>> No.1735668

>>1735663
ikrite?

>> No.1735670
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>> No.1735678

>>1735658
And man, dildos commonly come in all sorts of non-human designs. So it's really not that far off.

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>>1735677
>>1735675
>>1735670
>>1735595
Simply magnificent.

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>>1735658
>I've heard it's actually pretty good at stimulating the human vagina .
I could have lived my entire life without hearing that assertion. The future is going to be interesting.

Transmetropolitan, anyone?

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>> No.1735698

>>1735688
This is the only good post I've seen on /sci/ in a really long time.

I don't know who made these or where you found them, but it is bizarre.

>> No.1735702

>>1735685
OH GOD IT'S ANIMATED
THE STARING
THE STROKING
THE HORROR
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE

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>>1735698
http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/pwet/

XD

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>>1735541
>>1735546
>>1735557
>>1735566

Interesting...

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Oh god, my eyes, the goggles do nothing!

>> No.1735807

/sci/ this is the future. Do you still want to get there faster?

>> No.1735821

>>1735807
I...

>IRL Pokemon

What must be done must be done.

>> No.1735825

The big red ugly furry dicks, that will be a bitch to get used to.

But eh, as long as it gets me mai waifu, whatever works I guess.

MAI. WAIFU.

>> No.1735870

I like to imagine a future where we have genetically programmed bugs and critters building stuff and doing general upkeep of the city, cleaning the streets, unblocking drains and shit.

I also like to think because of high-rise buildings we could have more plant-life per square km in the city as there would be in a forest, and all this plant-life would be designed to be edible by humans (in case of a famine/seige etc.).

>> No.1735893

>>1735870
Absolutely. I'm all for artificial ecology. It will happen, sooner or later, and the urban jungle will become just that - even if it's not green.