Mammoth Stupidity

Two scientists want to bring back wooly mammoths. It's always shocking when smart people can be so stupid, but when smart people are stupid, their stupidity is far more wasteful than that of the average civilian. Why someone didn't smack them in the head when they were younger and give them some common sense is an indictment of the age we live in. These guys watched Jurassic Park and thought what happened was not only plausible, but a good idea too. Why anyone would spend a dime on an idea that has no positive return on it is beyond me: the people who go for this want to bring back something long dead, to a world that is rapidly killing off the wildlife it has. That's why most people hate scientists, especially in our society. They're smart enough to understand very complex equations, but dumb enough to waste more than 20 seconds on an idea like this. If I had an idea that dumb, I would tear up the paper I wrote it on and toss it in the garbage immediately. Worse yet, they have a serious newspaper write about it. In the New York Times Science section on 9/14/21, they got a big write-up for something that didn't deserve more than filler space. I would think the holier than thou New York Times would denounce such an effort for not doing enough to end systemic racism, but they were silent on the matter.