[quote]Professor X wrote:
Some people have said this is “creepy”. How so? It is NOT the same dog…unless twins are now the same people.
If you are ever cloned, it won’t be YOU. It will have the same genetic code…and possibly make some of the same choices you have and even like the same colors…but it isn’t like you share the same “soul”.
It would be more like having a son exactly like you.[/quote]
The reason I think it’s creepy, is due to the fact that many people who want to clone their pets believe that IT IS the same animal…or, close enough. It’s the mindset behind it that I find creepy.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
You know what’s funny…living in a world we are quickly overpopulating when the average life span is still less than 80 years of age yet running from science that could very well help us save ourselves in the long run.[/quote]
How’s that?
Are you suggesting we stop fucking and start cloning in smaller numbers?
(I honestly can’t see what else you could be referring to.)[/quote]
No. I mean thinking past this one situation and thinking of things like drastically increasing life span or in the event of this world not being able to support us having a way of making sure the human race can still exist.
I think that’s the point…most people only look at what’s right in front of them. They will squeal about the idea of a pet being cloned but completely ignore how that may help cure cancer or some other issue.
The original debate with cloning seemed to revolve around the fact that it crossed over into “man playing God” territory.
I am just saying that if you do believe that, your “soul” isn’t being cloned to start with.[/quote]
We play God all the time…doctors play God every day, judges play God every time they sentence a criminal. People don’t see the difference in cloning a kidney from someone’s own cells for a transplant and cloning a human/animal. They see “clone” and think bad things and bring religion in. It’s stupid. [/quote]
