Why would anyone be opposed to de-extinction?

[LostOne4Ever]

58. I think its more a fear of the unknown

Many of the arguments against this usually fall along the lines of what if this happens or what if that happens? It assumes worst case scenarios and gives them higher probabilities than they actually have and ignores possible benefits and assumes they have nearly no chance of happening.

If we were to think this way back in at the dawn of humanity there would have been no exploration, no innovation, no science, no medicine, etc. We would still be living in caves.

Not to say we should not consider negative consequences, but that we should consider everything and proceed with this sort of science carefully and deliberately. Regardless we should not allow ourselves to be ruled by fear of the unknown.

I also think a lot of it has to due with a naturalistic fallacy assuming that if something is natural it has to be good and anything that is not perceived as natural is bad. Not to mention that natural is a nearly meaningless word. I am natural. Fruits are natural. Chemicals are natural. Ant hills are natural. Buildings are natural. Honey is natural. Technology is natural. Cloning is natural.

Anything that happens in nature is natural.