Cloning

[Feep]

What about that movie with Arnold schwartznegger and his clone? Total recall? That would be a big issue with cloning

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[Mikoyan]

-Bad because it is "unnatural"                                                                                                                  

This is the only reason as to why I wouldn't support it.

[Saber15]

cloning humans is fine - provided they're treated like a normal person. if you clone yourself, you'd effectively have to raise a child version of yourself.

i have no moral objections to cloning animals.

This is the only reason as to why I wouldn't support it.

wearing glasses is unnatural.
driving cars is unnatural.

[Mariobro123586]

bad because of perverts having love with their clone

[Clone v.117]

bad because of perverts having love with their clone

Stop judging me and v.116!

You'd have no problem if we were both hot chicks!

[Vegetarian Zombie]

bad because of perverts having love with their clone

what about people who cannot find love any other way? they finally find bliss, and you'd take that from them?

[sir dooble]

What about that movie with Arnold schwartznegger and his clone? Total recall? That would be a big issue with cloning

Total Recall is the one where Arnie is on Mars.

The one you're thinking of is The 6th Day.

I've never seen the I, Robot movie.
Is it as good as Forrest Gump?

It's completely different.
I, Robot is about a futuristic world inhabited by robots with AI, and are used by men.
They have certain rules in their AI which prevent them from doing certain things, such as hurting people or doing anything which would lead them to break any of their rules.
And basically, the AI in one model becomes able to overcome these rules and a robot uprising by these models is started.
And the only person who can stop it, is the Robo-Phobe Police Detective, Will Smith, who has a hatred of Robots due to a tragic event earlier in his life.

So, it's a good film, but it's not possible to compare it to Forrest Gump.
Very different. And Forrest Gump was a cult hit. I, Robot was good, but it doesn't quite match up in popularity.
Personally, I agree with the cloning of organs and tissue for use in medical surgery, but it would need to be perfectly tested out.
I don't think you'd ever truly get the cloning of complete humans off of the ground, simply because of the moral implications. Which you might say restrict science, but when it comes down to it, I don't see a reason to actually clone a human person. It wouldn't be much afterwards other than an issue of controversy.

[aludane]

I would clone myself so I could multi-task.

[Vegetarian Zombie]

Stop judging me and v.116!

You'd have no problem if we were both hot chicks!

I approve of this mental image.

[Dr.Block]

Everyone has the idea that if science masters cloning the technology would be available to everyone. You would probably have to apply for a permit to clone anything, or more likely only a few very specific people would be legally allowed to clone people. It's not like there would just be cloning machines available in hardware stores, and if they were they would probably cost several million dollars.

[Menen]

-Good because we can bring back extinct species
                                                                         

Someone doesn't understand how cloning works.

Its not like loving Jurassic Park. It takes more than that. You cant just magically bring back extinct species. You need alot of their genetic information.

[sir dooble]

Someone doesn't understand how cloning works.

Its not like loving Jurassic Park. It takes more than that. You cant just magically bring back extinct species. You need alot of their genetic information.

So, I've been injecting bull frogs with ancient mosquito blood for no reason?
:c

[Captain Crazy]

I'd say cloning livestock & other animals is perfectly acceptable, except for those who can recognize themselves (humans, elephants). In those cases, keep them far, far away. In the case of "organ farming" I'd assume that culturing individual organs would be far cheaper, quicker, and would need less magic technology than cloning.

Cloning plants has no downsides because plants are handicapped

Someone doesn't understand how cloning works.

Its not like loving Jurassic Park. It takes more than that. You cant just magically bring back extinct species. You need alot of their genetic information.

You are right, although a single dinosaur has been found with intact soft tissues. We also have Mammoth soft tissue.

[sir dooble]

Cloning plants has no downsides because plants are handicapped

You are right, although a single dinosaur has been found with intact soft tissues. We also have Mammoth soft tissue.

We already clone plants and have been for centuries.
Most plants in shops and things of the same breed are most likely all clones, being cuttings taken from the same original parent plant.

And it would be very interesting to see the cloning of a Mammoth.
I'm not sure where, but I did read somewhere that it is possible and hopefully planned to attempt to clone a Mammoth using preserved mammoth DNA and Elephant eggs.

And then we can all enjoy tasty mammoth burgers.