One man can no longer eat and now requires a feeding tube. Fourth, a recent report in the Journal Science reported that mice cloned from ESC were genetically defective. ... With mice and Chimps, we have taken their stem cells and injected them into dying organs. ...
The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? Probably a movie they have seen before, like The Sixth Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a man who is cloned without his knowledge. The clone takes over his life. This is just one fear that people have. But t...
People are repelled by many aspects of human cloning: The prospect of mass production of human beings, with large clones of look-alikes, compromised in their individuality; the idea of father-son or mother-daughter twins; the bizarre prospects of a woman giving birth to a genetic copy of herself, her spouse, or even her deceased father or mother; the creation of embryonic genetic duplicates of oneself, to be frozen away in case of later need for homologous organ transplantation; the narcissism of those who would clone themselves; the arrogance of others who think they know who deserves to be c...
Kurzweil states "Transhumanism is the next step in human evolution due to the fact technology will eventually achieve singularity and self consciousness, so if we refuse Transhumanism then we will eventually fall behind as our intellect will be immensely surpassed by technology, thus making us the servants of our creations" (Transcendent man). ... For example, in the documentary Transcendent Man a scientist is shown implanting a chip in his neck so that a computer is able respond to his presence and also to enhance his intelligence quotient. ... This information was acquired when the...
