Re: dna cloning ethical?

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From: luohan
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:40

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On 20/05/12 19:24, Jevan Pipitone wrote:

> It's possibly not such a good idea to clone animals or humans when the
> original is still going to live on. After all, how would you know which one
> was which, it seems unfair to take away that originality, even identical
> twins have differences in their dna.

I don't have a problem with cloning animals as long as the clone taste 
as nice as the original :)

> However perhaps if a human was going to die soon of an incurable condition,
> it might be alright to clone them (especially if they were someone like
> einstein). The fact that the original wasn't going to live anymore, might
> make it alright/ethically fine to clone them, perhaps.


Not much good cloning Einstein if the clone doesn't have his 
memories/knowledge/experience/etc.

No guarantee that the clone CAN re-learn everything the original knew.

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