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The ethics of cloning extinct animals
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#31
RE: The ethics of cloning extinct animals
May 20, 2014 at 8:38 am
...What if people preferred your clone?
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RE: The ethics of cloning extinct animals
June 20, 2014 at 9:40 am
They should do it just for fun
It's not immoral to eat meat, abort a fetus or love someone of the same sex...I think that about covers it
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RE: The ethics of cloning extinct animals
June 20, 2014 at 10:08 am
You gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette ... clone away.
If it doesn't work ...well ...shoot it!

Just kidding, sort of ... imagine if we could clone life saving organs on a pig and kill it for food AND health benefits to society...
We farm millions of animals every year just to eat them anyway! hhhmmm ....yummy ...cheese burger!

Sure, our minds have evolved technically, but we are still the world's most ruthlessly efficient killing machine! That's why we're on top!
It would be sad to clone soldiers for war though ...that's just sick.

What about the soul for those who give 2 shits? one is a clone, a perfect forgery! I wonder if Satan could detect it? The implications for the religious is staggering.
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RE: The ethics of cloning extinct animals
June 20, 2014 at 10:33 am
(June 20, 2014 at 10:08 am)ignoramus Wrote: What about the soul for those who give 2 shits? one is a clone, a perfect forgery! I wonder if Satan could detect it? The implications for the religious is staggering.

The soul question of a human clone IS pretty fascinating....would Christians say "Suffer not a clone to live" ..? I think that would be highly likely .Thinking
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RE: The ethics of cloning extinct animals
June 20, 2014 at 10:51 am
Only clone if the ecosystem they were in hasn't adjusted to their absence yet. If we introduce species into an ecosystem that isn't ready for them, the result could be catastrophic.
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RE: The ethics of cloning extinct animals
June 20, 2014 at 10:54 am
Would it useful to clone dodoes? Or would they just taste like chicken anyway?
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RE: The ethics of cloning extinct animals
June 20, 2014 at 11:11 am
(June 20, 2014 at 10:51 am)One Above All Wrote: Only clone if the ecosystem they were in hasn't adjusted to their absence yet. If we introduce species into an ecosystem that isn't ready for them, the result could be catastrophic.
Just ask Dr Alan Grant
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