Has the same age (when he/she dies) and same memories (from his/her childhood to his/her last seconds before death)
(assume its possible to make that with the current science and technology)
He/she goes on living with you
What would you feel and do?
2006-08-25 20:57:33 · 18 answers · asked by skeptic 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I wouldn't like it. it might be a clone but it not the same person, and if they died I think you need to greive for your real loved one
2006-08-25 21:04:26 · answer #1 · answered by MJane21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm... if you cloned him/her at the same age of a death due to say, heart failure, he/she would die of the same condition and you would have to clone again...
You are assuming that cloning humans is "simply" a matter of duplicating genetics and memories stored in the brain... but what about soul/spirit? Who will put the "ghost in the machine"--creepy stuff. Not that I know any great amount of what goes into making us human either, so we should leave that to God.
And wouldn't cloning in some sense be living a life of denial that the "original" person did in fact pass away?
2006-08-25 21:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by .Yeshua Fanatik Prophetik. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could not possible duplicate all the things that went into making the original person. Where are you going to keep that little clone while it's growing up? They don't spring out full made. So all the influences of the times they grew up in, the parents they had, the grandparents, etc. can't be duplicated. You could duplicate the body but not the personality. Ever.
2006-08-25 21:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by R. F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but do clones have the same memories?
And as to human cloning being science fiction, lots of things we take for granted today were considered to be science fiction years ago. You never know what might happen.
2006-08-25 21:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by lostcause8436 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Difficult question. My mother passed away recently and my father about eight years ago. On one hand I would love to have them back but on the other hand it would be very weird. I know my mother wasn't very happy so I would be condemning her to a life in which she wasn't very happy. My father said at one point that he was at peace with the fact that he was going to die soon, so I would be taking away that peace of mind. My father was 72 when he died and my mother 75 so they've had a fairly long life. I don't think it would be all right to interfere with death. Although I can imagine that it would be different for parents who have lost a child that still had a long future ahead of them if they hadn't died. So, if I were to be thinking of just me, I would probably want to bring my parents back to life, but if I'm realistic and considering the bigger picture I wouldn't.
2006-08-25 21:11:58 · answer #5 · answered by chocolatebunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" those clones developed within hours to an almost perfect replica of the original....
otherwise a clone will take years to develop and grow to maturity just like any other baby so it probably wouldn't be quite so spooky, you'd have time to adjust.
2006-08-25 21:04:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, a clone would not have the memories of the original. They would be genetically identical to the source, but they would be a different person. Unless you could somehow replicate intricate brain patterns.
2006-08-25 21:03:04 · answer #7 · answered by Scott M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in the Biotech field and I can tell you that human cloning is simply science fiction. There will never be a cloned human.
2006-08-25 21:05:23 · answer #8 · answered by kingofnarniaforever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why clone? We're going be facing over population soon anyway!
2006-08-25 20:59:37 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overpopulation is a problem NOW. Don't get into cloning so hastily.
2006-08-25 21:00:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋