[extropy-chat] SotU and human cloning/modification

[Neil H.]

I was rather worried by this part of the address:

"A hopeful society has institutions of science and medicine that do not cut
ethical corners, and that recognize the matchless value of every life.
Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses
of medical research — human cloning in all its forms ... creating or
implanting embryos for experiments ... creating human-animal hybrids ... and
buying, selling, or patenting human embryos. Human life is a gift from our
Creator — and that gift should never be discarded, devalued, or put up for
sale."

On 1/31/06, spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  For those who listened to w this evening, he mentioned making
>
> ethanol from switch grass:
>
>
>
> "...We will also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of
> producing ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips, stalks, or switch
> grass. Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and
> competitive within six years..."
>
>
>
> I had heard of this only because Lockheeed Martin is involved in it.
> Check
>
> it out:
>
>
>
> http://www.westbioenergy.org/july98/0798_01.htm
>
>
>
> spike
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> extropy-chat mailing list
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20060201/9d93a42b/attachment.html>