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sobriqueI heard on the radio this morning, that there's been the first request for human embryo cloning.
The research project is to try and develop cloned insulin producing cells.
I'm still a little confused as to what the big arguments against cloning are. I mean, as far as I can tell, the ability to re-grow organs, tissues etc. would make an awfully big difference to quality of life around the world.
No more people permanantly blinded.
Heart disease becomes fixable.
Lung cancer repairable.
I can see there's sort of arguments that 'things man wasn't meant to know' but I really don't think there's many places where that line could or should be drawn.
I've heard vague fears of people cloning themselves. And I don't see the problem with that either. I mean, it's not like you can grow a clone and do a brain transplant. That just doesn't work AFAIK. So what you've _effectively_ got is a x year younger identical twin.
It's certainly settle the 'nature vs. nurture' argument.
So would anyone care to enlighten me? Why would be cloning be 'wrong'?
The research project is to try and develop cloned insulin producing cells.
I'm still a little confused as to what the big arguments against cloning are. I mean, as far as I can tell, the ability to re-grow organs, tissues etc. would make an awfully big difference to quality of life around the world.
No more people permanantly blinded.
Heart disease becomes fixable.
Lung cancer repairable.
I can see there's sort of arguments that 'things man wasn't meant to know' but I really don't think there's many places where that line could or should be drawn.
I've heard vague fears of people cloning themselves. And I don't see the problem with that either. I mean, it's not like you can grow a clone and do a brain transplant. That just doesn't work AFAIK. So what you've _effectively_ got is a x year younger identical twin.
It's certainly settle the 'nature vs. nurture' argument.
So would anyone care to enlighten me? Why would be cloning be 'wrong'?
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Date: 2004-06-16 04:39 am (UTC)I ask you to consider the Industrial revolution, my first paragraph would describe well. Who would live in a pre industrial culture?
I know I wouldn't. We live in a pre bio-revolution age and it is the central tragedy of our time. Disease, poverty, scarcity, famine are poxes that are will be cleansed by the advancing bio-world.
Hurrah for the advances of the future!
Forward to a transhumanist world. We desire greater challenges.
Freedom and liberty, even morphological freedom lies on the far horizon. We should waste no time advancing towards it.
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Date: 2004-06-16 05:11 am (UTC)I'm still quite convinced that we're better off for the invention and discovery of such things though.