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You can use it to grow spare parts, that seems ok. But not beyond that, not in general anyway.
The fundamental problem with cloning is that it takes too long. If I want a clone to take over my work load I'll need to wait AND WORK for another 50 years by which time I'll be dead and won't need a clone any more.
lol, yeah. I would say we can't go growing full humans and we can't Gattaca this **** either. I think we need to be real careful in the areas of cloning and genetic manipulation.
Recently, Chinese scientist Hi Jiankui claims to have created the world's first genetically modified babies (to prevent them from contracting AIDS).
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...enetic-engineering-babies-20181128-story.html
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...china-tests-bioethics-cloned-monkeys-10973950
In the meantime, monkeys have been successfully cloned which further raises questions on when human cloning will be possible.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech...ed-monkeys-scientists-china-first/1062649001/
Cloning is a very controversial topic. It raised many ethical concerns over whether copying or genetically modifying another person is acceptable.
Some countries have already outright banned cloning. Fifteen US states (Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Dakota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Florida, Georgia, and Virginia) ban reproductive cloning and three states (Arizona, Maryland, and Missouri) prohibit public funds from being used for such activities.
Outright human cloning isn't the only form of cloning. There's also therapeutic cloning in which body parts are grown to replace defective organs.
Gattaca never made sense to me. Why create laws that state people had to be clones/genetically modified, instead of just focusing on ability. It has been a long time since I saw the movie but I don't believe they were organized into castes of clones that were specialized in certain fields, in which the above would make sense
I think cloniing will generate many more questions than the Poll options. Humans don't display great qualities of responsibility where Power is the denominator. Human cloning represents great power and slippery slopes on moral/ethical grounds. For these reasons, I selected OTHER.
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The fundamental problem with cloning is that it takes too long. If I want a clone to take over my work load I'll need to wait AND WORK for another 50 years by which time I'll be dead and won't need a clone any more.
Recently, Chinese scientist Hi Jiankui claims to have created the world's first genetically modified babies (to prevent them from contracting AIDS).
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...enetic-engineering-babies-20181128-story.html
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...china-tests-bioethics-cloned-monkeys-10973950
In the meantime, monkeys have been successfully cloned which further raises questions on when human cloning will be possible.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech...ed-monkeys-scientists-china-first/1062649001/
Cloning is a very controversial topic. It raised many ethical concerns over whether copying or genetically modifying another person is acceptable.
Some countries have already outright banned cloning. Fifteen US states (Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, North Dakota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Florida, Georgia, and Virginia) ban reproductive cloning and three states (Arizona, Maryland, and Missouri) prohibit public funds from being used for such activities.
Outright human cloning isn't the only form of cloning. There's also therapeutic cloning in which body parts are grown to replace defective organs.
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