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Ok, so recently there was some news that cell stem research has been approved on embryos, and last year we had a group claiming that they had cloned another human.
Obviously when altering anything natural there will be ethical and moral concerns expressed by many, but is it wrong to genetically alter corn so it yields larger cobs and is more cold resistant? Well, if it is safe to eat and there are no side effects, why would it be??
However, would one consider it wrong to genetically mutate an embryo to make the person who it will no doubt develop into a stronger, smarter, faster etc human? Is it even wrong to remove genetic traits that would still be carried by the "child" but not suffer from it? Is it wrong to make people less susceptible to certain diseases?
Would it, for example, be wrong for a military power to create a cloned army of expensible soldiers who had been genetically modified to make the better suited to combat (Like faster reasction times, stronger, better stamina etc)? This type of person would ion effect have been born to kill.
Just thought it would make an interestic topic to discuss.
T
Obviously when altering anything natural there will be ethical and moral concerns expressed by many, but is it wrong to genetically alter corn so it yields larger cobs and is more cold resistant? Well, if it is safe to eat and there are no side effects, why would it be??
However, would one consider it wrong to genetically mutate an embryo to make the person who it will no doubt develop into a stronger, smarter, faster etc human? Is it even wrong to remove genetic traits that would still be carried by the "child" but not suffer from it? Is it wrong to make people less susceptible to certain diseases?
Would it, for example, be wrong for a military power to create a cloned army of expensible soldiers who had been genetically modified to make the better suited to combat (Like faster reasction times, stronger, better stamina etc)? This type of person would ion effect have been born to kill.
Just thought it would make an interestic topic to discuss.
T
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I hate how all these clueless idiots think that allowing stem cell research will lead directly to human cloning and armies of identical, mindless savages will be walking around slaughtering everyone.
I'm all for stem-cell research. It hurts no-one, and is the perfect (and probably only) way to cure these terrible mental and physical diseases that you see around. Who could possibly be against that?
Also of interest is how many people think by cloning someone, you'll instantly have an exact copy of them. I think that 70's sci-fi stuff has stuck a bit too much.
Clones are born just like every other baby - it takes 9 months. Shocking! You can't really mass-produce them, without some kind of women-farming. And then they'll be a good 20 or 30 years younger than the person they are a clone of, so physically would never seem the same anyway.
I'm all for stem-cell research. It hurts no-one, and is the perfect (and probably only) way to cure these terrible mental and physical diseases that you see around. Who could possibly be against that?
Also of interest is how many people think by cloning someone, you'll instantly have an exact copy of them. I think that 70's sci-fi stuff has stuck a bit too much.
Clones are born just like every other baby - it takes 9 months. Shocking! You can't really mass-produce them, without some kind of women-farming. And then they'll be a good 20 or 30 years younger than the person they are a clone of, so physically would never seem the same anyway.
Animals sometimes eat their young.
That's all you need to know.
That's all you need to know.
Ok, so recently there was some news that cell stem research has been approved on embryos, and last year we had a group claiming that they had cloned another human.
Obviously when altering anything natural there will be ethical and moral concerns expressed by many, but is it wrong to genetically alter corn so it yields larger cobs and is more cold resistant? Well, if it is safe to eat and there are no side effects, why would it be??
However, would one consider it wrong to genetically mutate an embryo to make the person who it will no doubt develop into a stronger, smarter, faster etc human? Is it even wrong to remove genetic traits that would still be carried by the "child" but not suffer from it? Is it wrong to make people less susceptible to certain diseases?
Would it, for example, be wrong for a military power to create a cloned army of expensible soldiers who had been genetically modified to make the better suited to combat (Like faster reasction times, stronger, better stamina etc)? This type of person would ion effect have been born to kill.
Just thought it would make an interestic topic to discuss.
T
Obviously when altering anything natural there will be ethical and moral concerns expressed by many, but is it wrong to genetically alter corn so it yields larger cobs and is more cold resistant? Well, if it is safe to eat and there are no side effects, why would it be??
However, would one consider it wrong to genetically mutate an embryo to make the person who it will no doubt develop into a stronger, smarter, faster etc human? Is it even wrong to remove genetic traits that would still be carried by the "child" but not suffer from it? Is it wrong to make people less susceptible to certain diseases?
Would it, for example, be wrong for a military power to create a cloned army of expensible soldiers who had been genetically modified to make the better suited to combat (Like faster reasction times, stronger, better stamina etc)? This type of person would ion effect have been born to kill.
Just thought it would make an interestic topic to discuss.
T
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