[extropy-chat] Famous author self destructs in public!Filmateleven.

[Brett Paatsch]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

> --- Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>  
>> I had enjoyed discussing abortion with you but when I asked
>> you if you'd checked out the Virtual Human Embryo site you
>> didn't tell me. 
> 
> I have now. IMHO anyone who thinks a 56 day old fetus is a 'clump of
> cells' is insane.

Me too. Well in a sort of way of thinking of "insane". 

But I haven't met anyone in real life that actually does. At 56 days
there is a lot of tissue there and something that looks quite a lot
more like a child then like just a clump of cells. 

By the time people get to know what a 56 day old fetus looks like 
they are beyond mouthing off simplistic statements and are ready
to have a serious conversation about ethics because they have the
tools. 

Thanks for checking that out. If a few others do perhaps the 
actual discussion can really begin. 

Regards 
Brett Paatsch