Professor Sadiah Qureshi's discussions on de-extinction reveal deep insights into how society perceives extinction. Her inquiries into which species people would choose to resurrect highlight human biases towards animals over plants and insects. In her book, "Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction," she explores the intertwined histories of race, empire, and colonialism in understanding extinction. Qureshi argues that extinction is not just a scientific issue but also deeply political and philosophical, rooted in emotional attachments and perceptions of value.
The very idea of de-extinction raises profound questions about the meaning of extinction and how we treat life, whether living, endangered, dead or extinct.
Every time we save a way of being or mourn the passing of a natural kind, we make decisions rooted in our emotional attachments.
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