It is an in-context waste in that he killed scores of pssible cancer-sniffers in order to create far fewer possible cancer-sniffers. My skeptical mind tells me that this scientist is more interested in making it appear as though only cloned dogs will do the job—patented cloned dogs, that is.
If a machine would do the job more efficiently and with more accuracy, that would be fine with me. Until then, most dogs love to sniff and love to work and they’re not as cold as machines. And they probably wouldn’t even have to be imported.
“My skeptical mind tells me that this scientist is more interested in making it appear as though only cloned dogs will do the job—patented cloned dogs, that is.”
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You’re correct on that assumption. Let’s just keep nature simple: dogs should stick to sniffing bombs to keep us safe and sniffing other dog’s asses.