Comments on: Seeing Double Triple: cloning http://futurismic.com/2009/06/30/seeing-double-triple-cloning/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brenda Cooper http://futurismic.com/2009/06/30/seeing-double-triple-cloning/comment-page-1/#comment-36858 Brenda Cooper Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:54:34 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8008#comment-36858 We humans seem to like to do science to prove we can. So that might be an additional driver to sentiment. The cloning to resurrect extinct species is interesting. Dubai appears to be cloning camels to recreate animals that did well at their tasks, but I'm a bit of a skeptic there. Good breeding programs generally create healthier animals than cloning does based on articles I've skimmed. I don't know if anyone has done good science about that. We humans seem to like to do science to prove we can. So that might be an additional driver to sentiment. The cloning to resurrect extinct species is interesting.
Dubai appears to be cloning camels to recreate animals that did well at their tasks, but I’m a bit of a skeptic there. Good breeding programs generally create healthier animals than cloning does based on articles I’ve skimmed. I don’t know if anyone has done good science about that.

]]> By: George C. http://futurismic.com/2009/06/30/seeing-double-triple-cloning/comment-page-1/#comment-36844 George C. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:50:02 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8008#comment-36844 Hmmmm. Other than cloning organs, or growing (presumably) braindead clones for organs, it seems to me most cloning would be done for sentiment. I want my dog back, or my cat, or my kid. That last one raises some sticky issues. It's not the same kid, but it is a second chance to raise that child. Here's another side of it -- suppose someone offers to buy someone's genes because they want a kid who's a genius at (whatever). This is only a few steps beyond the genius sperm bank idea. I suspect you may be right about human cloning being already done or in process. All that's needed is money and privacy, and plenty of people have both. Again, though, it would have to be a matter of sentiment. Clone food animals? Why bother? Is one animal that much better than the next? There are easier, cheaper ways to create food animals. We've been doing it for a very long time. Would cloning be better? I suspect not. Hmmmm. Other than cloning organs, or growing (presumably) braindead clones for organs, it seems to me most cloning would be done for sentiment. I want my dog back, or my cat, or my kid. That last one raises some sticky issues. It’s not the same kid, but it is a second chance to raise that child. Here’s another side of it — suppose someone offers to buy someone’s genes because they want a kid who’s a genius at (whatever). This is only a few steps beyond the genius sperm bank idea.

I suspect you may be right about human cloning being already done or in process. All that’s needed is money and privacy, and plenty of people have both. Again, though, it would have to be a matter of sentiment.

Clone food animals? Why bother? Is one animal that much better than the next? There are easier, cheaper ways to create food animals. We’ve been doing it for a very long time. Would cloning be better? I suspect not.

]]> By: Sharon E. Dreyer http://futurismic.com/2009/06/30/seeing-double-triple-cloning/comment-page-1/#comment-36640 Sharon E. Dreyer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:19:24 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=8008#comment-36640 Cloning is and always will be a subject of great debate. Are we trying to "play God" or are we simply trying to improve life for the human race? Great article that causes one to contemplate cloning more closely. Check out my first and recently released novel, Long Journey to Rneadal. This exciting tale is a romantic action adventure in space and is more about the characters than the technology. Cloning is and always will be a subject of great debate. Are we trying to “play God” or are we simply trying to improve life for the human race? Great article that causes one to contemplate cloning more closely. Check out my first and recently released novel, Long Journey to Rneadal. This exciting tale is a romantic action adventure in space and is more about the characters than the technology.

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