[extropy-chat] Copycat Copycat

[Joseph Bloch]

Harvey Newstrom wrote:

> 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. 


I suppose it all depends on how you look at it. Are we interested in 
getting positive publicity and funding through false general 
impressions? That gets more up-front funding. Or are we interested in 
educating people about the true impact of emergent technologies such as 
cloning? That gets more long-term acceptance.

Honestly, there are arguments on both sides.

Joseph

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