What's next? Glowing cats?

Syxx_Killer · 12-12-07, 08:33 PM

Yes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071212...eskoreacloning

AVGWarhawk · 12-12-07, 08:42 PM

I had seen this today. Strange isn't it? Sometimes I think we dig into things that just should not be fooled with. I'm thinking this is one of them.

Ducimus · 12-12-07, 09:09 PM

Where'd all that info come from?

Cloning doesnt bother me. What bothers me, is the idea of the technology behind it being abused for some twisted or perverse reason.

Reaves · 12-12-07, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ducimus

Where'd all that info come from?

Cloning doesnt bother me. What bothers me, is the idea of the technology behind it being abused for some twisted or perverse reason.

Or for helping humanity by stopping the need for organ donars in the future while also insuring a surplus in all blood types.

I think it's a good thing, it just needs to be heavily monitored.

Stealth Hunter · 12-13-07, 09:45 PM

For what reason? Clones can't think, and there's no way they can fix that. Unlike regular people, clones do not develop the skills and such that regulars do in the womb.

There's nothing that can be done with one for deadly purposes.

Letum · 12-13-07, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

For what reason? Clones can't think, and there's no way they can fix that. Unlike regular people, clones do not develop the skills and such that regulars do in the womb.

There's nothing that can be done with one for deadly purposes.

:rotfl: You are taking the piss right?
Either that or you have seen too many films!

mrbeast · 12-14-07, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Actually cloning isn't dangerous at all. You could make a thousand soldiers, but they don't have brains to function. Basically, they're meat puppets who just stand there and have a VERY short lifespan. The cost is huge to clone something, and the rewards are almost nothing (save for possibly cloning humans for organs, blood, etc.).

Potentially, it has only one corridor to walk down, and it's safe all the way (clones are so pathetic mentally that you could infuse them with an identity, such as a name and memories and such, and they'd never be able to wake from their brain-dead state). You know they lack the basic capability to hear and thus understand? There's no way you could ever get one to behave like they do in the movies. It's impossible and just makes for good writing material.

Nothing at all to worry about.

So whats the deal with identical twins then? They are in effect naturally occuring clones. I've known a few and they had all of their faculties intact. :hmm:

SUBMAN1 · 12-14-07, 10:31 AM

Why does this thread remind me of Blade Runner?

-S

STEED · 12-14-07, 04:15 PM

Just saw a news item on TV talk about weird seeing those glowing cat's made me laugh.

Seth8530 · 12-14-07, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Actually cloning isn't dangerous at all. You could make a thousand soldiers, but they don't have brains to function. Basically, they're meat puppets who just stand there and have a VERY short lifespan. The cost is huge to clone something, and the rewards are almost nothing (save for possibly cloning humans for organs, blood, etc.).

Potentially, it has only one corridor to walk down, and it's safe all the way (clones are so pathetic mentally that you could infuse them with an identity, such as a name and memories and such, and they'd never be able to wake from their brain-dead state). You know they lack the basic capability to hear and thus understand? There's no way you could ever get one to behave like they do in the movies. It's impossible and just makes for good writing material.

Nothing at all to worry about.

So whats the deal with identical twins then? They are in effect naturally occuring clones. I've known a few and they had all of their faculties intact. :hmm:

There is no deal with identical twins, im an identical twin and we are perfectly normal excpet for being telapathic.

Letum · 12-15-07, 04:00 AM

:rotfl:

CCIP · 12-15-07, 03:00 PM

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:rotfl:

My reaction is somewhere between that and

And to think at one point I wanted to go into studying genetics, and know a few people who did :hmm:

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Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	For what reason? Clones can't think, and there's no way they can fix that. Unlike regular people, clones do not develop the skills and such that regulars do in the womb. There's nothing that can be done with one for deadly purposes.