(October 11, 2014 at 6:32 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: No. There's a distinction to be made between human being and person.
You are defining a single cell as a human being.
Quote:Personhood draws in all sorts of other considerations, which is a deliberate attempt to muddy the discussion.
We are trying to clarify, not muddy.
Quote:That is: sentience, self awareness.
Those are the things that make one human.
Quote:Conception is the beginning of the human life cycle. A human is created at that point.
I don't see how that is a human being. It is one cell.
You haven't justified your claim to anyone's satisfaction.
Did you know that between 11% and 22% of all pregnancies miscarry?
When a zygote splits, identical twins are created. Is each half a person?
Fraternal twins result when more than one egg is fertilized. Occasionally, those two zygotes fuse creating only one. Is it two people?
The fusion of two fertilized eggs results in a mosaic - a double set of DNA.
The fusion of two zygotes creates a chimera, a person with two sets of DNA - some cells with one set, the others with the other set.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.