Cloning
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- jevad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/t…
It's about to fucking kick off.
Today your pets - 5 years.....your kids.
- slag_you_off0
At last I will be able to create the mini-me I have always wanted...
- blaw0
Ever meet an asshole? Now, imagine him twice.
That's the best arguement against cloning I can think of.
Number two has something to do with said asshole's inability to comprehend birth control.
- slag_you_off0
seriously though, I have been readin up on this, I'm planning writting a sci-fi book, yeh I know (wanker) but I thought I'd give it a go...
With present technology as it is (which is a big given) it would take them about 200 years to clone something as complex as a human, and even then they still don't know if it is possible. I don't think it'll happen in our lifetime, but it isnt as if all this stuff is leading to it one day.
- slag_you_off0
but I'll learn how to write first before I start.... :(
- gabriel_pc0
why don't these people visit their local animal shelter and adopt a perfectly good pet for $60?
- zedvox0
don't worry Arnold will save us from ANY clone!!!!
- gabriel_pc0
Arnold IS a clone!!!!!
- jevad0
I do believe that we have the technology to be able to clone a human within 20 - 30 years
- blackspade0
same, i dont think a human clone is as far off as u might think
apex of technology
I found arnies clone...
- zedvox0
AH AM THA GUVNA OF CALIFORNIAAAAA!!
*conan's impression of arnold is the bestest*
- blaw0
but I'll learn how to write first before I start.... :(
slag_you_off
(aug 9 04, 16:17)___
anyone with enough balls to have a go at writing gets my vote.
- lifeinsodium0
mmmm tabouli... mmmm baba ganoush...
- ctrlRmB0
"With present technology as it is (which is a big given) it would take them about 200 years to clone something as complex as a human"
slag_you_off
(aug 9 04, 16:16)
Possibly the biggest complexity is the legal implication. The process of cloning a human should technically be no more difficult than cloning a cat.
--In a quiet room with a light Coltrane playing in the background, take an egg...
--remove and discard the eggs genetic material.
--Insert genetic material (nucleus) from a cell donated by the subject to be cloned (either yourself or the nicest looking member of the opposite sex you can have agree to the process)
--for nourishment and to make sure the egg doesn't die during the procedure, place it on a bed of room temperature tofu.
--cover with another piece of tofu or... if no more tofu is available, a paper towel will do.
--place it in a nice safe spot to grow.
--Leave for 9 months while observing periodically.Anybody got a spare egg and a pair of tweezers?
- slag_you_off0
"a human should technically be no more difficult than cloning a cat."
it is infintesibley (?) more complex. A cat for example has lets say 50,000,000 dna structures, where as a human has 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0... ( hundred 0's) as I understand it anyway. Apparantly It is a whole new ball game.
apparantly
- ctrlRmB0
I may be wrong... but no matter how many dna structures there are... the process calls for placing a complete nucleus from the clonee into a healthy egg. No?
- ********0
i love watching design/computer nerds debate the cloning process.
- toe-knee0
fuck cloning, they should be concentrating on making robots to do our stupid jobs for us.
- slag_you_off0
robot fluffers...
Or maybe you could clone Angelina Jolie as a personal fluffer...
Im going to the toilet to think about that one
- Chip0
I could do with a clone. He could stay home with my wife while I went out drinking.
Sign me up for one.
- ********0
Give me my Cherry 2000 and I'll be a happy man.