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Cloning of human embryos achieved.

DAMN, this is quite the news day, ain't it, folks?

Mmmm....Clones

Date: 2004-02-12 01:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] me-fein.livejournal.com
Yeah, read this on CNN.com early early. Don't know how I feel...maybe kinda torn.

I mean, there are definite advantages and such - but then there is the flipside, which is why so many folks are griping. Don't know.

Too many factors, but I suppose I would like more study into the whole process, anyway. Growing new organs fascinates me on a personal level.

Re: Mmmm....Clones

Date: 2004-02-15 07:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] me-fein.livejournal.com
Yes, I am a learned optimist - so I do have eventual hope that this cloning stuff will be handled responsibility and will actually be very useful in the future. Distant future, mind you, since I am also a natural pessimist and believe that before we get to that stage, we're going to have some very F*ed up experiments and such.

It's not a requirement we go through life with extraneous limbs and organs and such - but it would be nice if we had the option to get certain things replaced, if desired. Personally, I don't think I would want to get another eye (I've had an artifical eye from birth - bourn with only 1) - think of the trippy depth perception - since I have already lived and learned how to deal with my world for 30 years like this. Although, if I were younger, I think the option of getting a new eye and having the advantage of 2 eyes would be nice.

We have a long way to go and reading that article did make me nervous a bit, too.

Date: 2004-02-12 04:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] smeehrrr.livejournal.com
MONKEY.
SCREW.

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