[ExI] Ethics of cloning

Keith Henson hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Thu Apr 27 14:39:39 UTC 2023


On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:50 PM Gadersd <gadersd at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I doubt it.  DNA recovery and cloning of this sort is probably after
> nanomedicine has removed the need for replacement organs.
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> In that case I expect the primary use for cloning will be resurrecting extinct animals and displaying them in a zoo similar to Jurassic Park. There will be a market for experiencing mammoths, dodo birds, Tasmanian tigers, etc.                                        \

Possible, but what I was talking about is cloning *people.*
Particularly famous people.    I don't know how far back we can go,
but I suspect we can clone Leonardo da Vinci.  I expect Elivis will be
more popular.  To some extent, clones of this kind may elucidate
nature vs nurture.

Keith
> On Apr 26, 2023, at 9:20 PM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 5:28 PM Gadersd via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> I don't know what the market will be for clones.  Any thoughts?
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> A source of organs perhaps?
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> I doubt it.  DNA recovery and cloning of this sort is probably after
> nanomedicine has removed the need for replacement organs.
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> Kieth
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> On Apr 26, 2023, at 6:04 PM, Keith Henson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> I have stored DNA samples from 6 people and a cat.  If the rapid
> progress in AI spills over into nanotechnology, then not too many
> years into the future it will be possible to produce a clone of anyone
> from whom you can get a DNA sample.
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> What you get out of this is a baby, not a copy.  Further, I think
> whatever DNA filters are being used at that time should be applied.
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> I don't know what the market will be for clones.  Any thoughts?
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> Keith
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