"What particular point are you trying to make?"
Our friend wagglebee appears to be presenting themselves as a voice of authority on this type of research, posting "...they know it will NEVER PAY OFF".
There are obvious major flaws in that thinking -
As far as your interest on them "closing in on anything" ... would that change your idea on it's acceptability ?
Here's a hypothetical quandry for you to ponder ...
A young researcher in ESC learns their craft, working in the field for 10 years - based on that knowledge, then goes on to find a miraculous cure that uses adult cells. Is the use of that cure "acceptable" since its dicovery was based on ESC research ?
See my #19 to wagglebee: knowing that this is the Left strategy ( and I DO know it, whether you do or not), it is entirely logical to dismiss ESC out of hand, but not of course without attempting to start a dialog about it, which inevitably THEY will dismiss out of hand, by demagoguing it the way have global warming and other junk science. ANd as to your rhetorical question about ESC researchers discovering inadvertently or through a back or side door of research, that indeed ADULT stem cells are the answer---how or why could that ever happen? Is that a joke/rhetorical question. And isn't it pretty much the same thing as saying that we shouldn't shoot down a suicide bomber TODAY because in 10 years he might see the error of his ways and "reform" and have a revelation and join us?---as a number of them in fact have done) (Not trying to compare ESC researchers with Jihadists, mind you, just trying to make a point using your rather hypothetical terms.)I for one don't know on whose behalf you are conjuring your argument, or if you're just a contrarian. But I would like to know.