The bit he papers over is our role in increasing the rate of extinctions

[james_davis_nicoll]

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I think Nancy once laughed at me for suggesting the discovery of tasty animals in Europa could drive people to fund space flight but I was serious.

[scentofviolets.livejournal.com]

IIRC, there was a time travel story that used that premise. They called their product 'dinochicken' :-)

[austin-dern.livejournal.com]

Asimov. ``A Statue For Father''. (There are likely other stories using the gimmick too, but time-travel dinochickens is definitely this.)