First Human-Pig Hybrid Created

[Bladexdsl]

But seriously, why wouldn't they let it grow more, for science?

because....

 

[Daggot]

Sigh, why does it have to be a pig?

*breaths in deeply* Because despite how fundamentally different a human is from a pig the truth is that there are also many biological systems in a pig that match our own. Even to the point where you can do a medical experiment on a pig with a high chance of success when taking the same method unmodified and applying it to a human. The idea is that if you can splice a pig with a human you can create better and longer lasting organs to transplant. Did you know that a human heart can have a valve replaced with that of a pigs and it can last for up to 17 years? Mix some human DNA in there and maybe you can have less chance of rejection and a longer lasting transplant. That's about it.

 

[Molina]

It was foolish to terminate it, especially since I'm sure it was some dogmatic and abject form of ethics which fueled the decision.

First time I saw a law being called a "dogmatic and abject form of ethics"

 

[FireGrey]

*breaths in deeply* Because despite how fundamentally different a human is from a pig the truth is that there are also many biological systems in a pig that match our own. Even to the point where you can do a medical experiment on a pig with a high chance of success when taking the same method unmodified and applying it to a human. The idea is that if you can splice a pig with a human you can create better and longer lasting organs to transplant. Did you know that a human heart can have a valve replaced with that of a pigs and it can last for up to 17 years? Mix some human DNA in there and maybe you can have less chance of rejection and a longer lasting transplant. That's about it.

So you're saying the secret to immortality is to become pig people?

 

[Meteor7]

First time I saw a law being called a "dogmatic and abject form of ethics"

Ooh, don't even get me started on "laws" and how the maxims behind many of them directly conflict with not only general human ethics but other laws as well. I swear, we'd be here all week!

 

[godreborn]

I dissected a pig in college. it smelled like pork. mm...yummy! it's not cannibalism to eat a pigman, is it???

 

[Molina]

Ooh, don't even get me started on "laws" and how the maxims behind many of them directly conflict with not only general human ethics but other laws as well. I swear, we'd be here all week!

Yea, but on-topic, that law is years old. They autorized hybrid manipulation but all subjects had to be terminated after some weeks.

 

[Daggot]

So you're saying the secret to immortality is to become pig people?

Probably not considering we'll be able to produce most of these things in a lab without the hybrids and extend our lives using other means in the decade to come but I'm sure the hybrids have other purposes. To be honest though I'm 100% sure this is just the first *legal* hybrid created. I've heard of similar experiments done quietly years before they legalized them.

 

[Meteor7]

Yea, but on-topic, that law is years old. They autorized hybrid manipulation but all subjects had to be terminated after some weeks.

I understand; the decision isn't being made independently by the researchers conducting the experiment but by national legislation. Even so, I find it highly regrettable.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

@Crystal the Glaceon That nightshift timing is what caused this, is getting to you.

 

[Soulsilve2010]

About how much human will be added to them in the end?Will actual hybrids who are human level intelligent and look even a little like humans be a slave/organ growing species?I think this could possibly end up going somewhere bad.

 

[Veho]

About how much human will be added to them in the end?

One or two organs (kidneys or liver or heart or lungs...)

Will actual hybrids who are human level intelligent and look even a little like humans be a slave/organ growing species?

No.

 

[FAST6191]

On the comments of pigmen I can't help but remember a famous cartoon released around the time inoculation of smallpox happened via cowpox
https://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/gillray.jpg

Sigh, why does it have to be a pig?

The article covers this. They are similar enough to humans (pig parts have been used for many years already), have a fast enough gestation and growth period and are cheap.
I mainly looked for a history of the subject to link but it also nicely includes a table on why pigs might do better than baboons
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3246856/#sec1_12title

Why the hell are they doing this again? Just because they can? Sorry, but people shouldn't play god, it's like Jurassic Park and we all know how well that ended XD

Just because is a fine reason. As for turning out then with a good film and a bad film franchise, at least until the sort of reboot which was sort of OK. An acceptable outcome if viable organs become more readily available.

 

[KingVamp]

Furries soon.

People joke now, but as more time passes and the more they push the envelope, the more possible this future seems. When and if it happens, there will be no stopping it. First ears, tails and then before you know it, whole body changes.




Or not.

 

[DinohScene]

Why the hell are they doing this again? Just because they can? Sorry, but people shouldn't play god, it's like Jurassic Park and we all know how well that ended XD

If people didn't play "God" then life saving surgeries would be unethical.
Repairing small birth defects would be unethical.
Administering drugs so that people can function and live would be unethical.

Sometimes playing "God" is necessary.
Otherwise you'd be thrown back to before medieval times where people would just let you to rot in a ditch.

 

[GhostLatte]

I got to bed and my thread gets flooded with shitposts. Nice

 

[Bladexdsl]

welp you should have known this was going to be turned into a joke thread

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Wait, I thought humans were already gluttonous pigs that devour everything they put their sights on.
You tell me I was wrong all this time?

 

[TotalInsanity4]

So, why again do they take one of the most intelligent species on the planet and combine it with one of the least intelligent species? Don't you think pigs would be disgusted by being infected with human genes?

It's for organ harvesting. Imagine not having to wait for transplants, especially of compatible varieties that are rare

 

[the_randomizer]

If people didn't play "God" then life saving surgeries would be unethical.
Repairing small birth defects would be unethical.
Administering drugs so that people can function and live would be unethical.

Sometimes playing "God" is necessary.
Otherwise you'd be thrown back to before medieval times where people would just let you to rot in a ditch.

I was tired when I posted that, sorry, I redact what I said Sorry... >.>