[extropy-chat] Copycat Copycat

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Dec 23, 2004, at 8:22 PM, Joseph Bloch wrote:

> One of the things I do to make that point is to point out that a clone 
> is a "delayed twin". Once they grasp the fact that the technology 
> isn't much more than the already-accepted (by everyone whose name 
> doesn't begin with a "K" and end with "ass") technology of IVF, 
> combined with the quite natural phenomenon of twins, they don't seem 
> to be quite so hostile.

But it also seems much less interesting.  People will pay $50K for a 
clone of their pet because they think it is somehow their pet 
reincarnated.  Would people pay $50K for a similar looking kitten from 
the same litter as their pet?  I doubt it would be worth that much to 
them.

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Harvey Newstrom <HarveyNewstrom.com>
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