i'm not sure if there was another such thread ever posted here or not...
Science can now artificially replicate genomes via machines and such... and in doing so they can "lay God" in a sense.
source helps if you read it
is it a bad thing?
is it a good thing?
should we further develop this technology?
should we forsake this technology?
could it be more beneficial then detrimental? vice versa?
do you think science would limit itself to just producing beneficial (non-warfare related) products with this? or do you see the possibility that weapons with the potential magnitude for destruction as the atom bomb being developed?
if a human was created from an existing template by such a process... is it still cloning?
would the above just be furthering the acts of eugenics?
you don't have to answer all or any... you can just give your opinion by your own format.
I definitely think the technology should be developed, however it needs to be developed carefully, we've all seen movies where a rogue virus brings about the zombipocalypse.
As for humans, yeah I would consider it cloning, although I doubt that the clone would be able to function very well, depending on the age it's cloned at.
I think that science and god have a lot of differences, though I think even science should know that the world doesn't need anymore over-population now. Especially now.
I think that science and god have a lot of differences, though I think even science should know that the world doesn't need anymore over-population now. Especially now
If you are saying that we are going to clone humans, then you are very mistaken:
1. There is very little motive for cloning a human, except to say that you did it, and even then, you would be frowned upon and receive a lot of death threats. 2. If you are thinking that you would clone a human for organ transplant, you could probably do that easier with human stem cell research in the future.
Whatever ills we have, science will not make those worse - it will improve them, because science will improve our lives; being our discovery, we will be able to use it for our purposes.
I think that science and god have a lot of differences, though I think even science should know that the world doesn't need anymore over-population now. Especially now.
Don't think of humans only, that's rather far away.. artificially created microorganisms could have huge potential, be it in medical, industrial or technological branches. Modified microorganisms are already being used a lot, I think with completely artificially created ones those sectors could improve greatly, there will be much more possibilities/less restrictions.
2. If you are thinking that you would clone a human for organ transplant, you could probably do that easier with human stem cell research in the future.
Thinking about it if we perfected and combined it with perhaps stem cell research we could just make body parts from scratch with no worry of rejection.
just how close are we to the "immortality thread?" O___o at what point will we figure out how to complement degenerating brain tissue w/ new cells....?
maybe the term is wrong in the op.... i was in the frame of mind that we humans have developed means by which to do what happens in nature but at unnaturally fast rates....there's no reason to sit and let our creation evolve for millions of years when we can just write the genetic code so that it produces anything that we want it to. this man made process incorporates a machine into the mix that assembles the dna somehow. my definition was that if something is man-made then it did not occur naturally and was created via artificial means... plus the sources i've looked up call them "synthetic cells and artificially created life forms" because, although they are not made of plastic and are in fact made of normal cellular material, they were synthesized. those are the terms used by the ones involved in the development of the process
