[ExI] Ethics of cloning famous people

[Keith Henson]

This is not a current concern, but it will be post-nanotechnology.

How many of you would like to raise a clone of a famous person? A
clone is not a copy of course, but they should have abilities and
personality much like the original.  We can only do this when we have
a DNA sample, but we should be able to get DNA for most of the
interesting people in the last century or three.

The furthest back might be Leonardo Da Vinci. He painted with the tips
of his fingers.  Chances are good that his DNA could be recovered with
nanotechnology.

By the time this is possible, we should have gene editing.  An exact
clone may not be ethical, for example Beethoven went deaf and died
early, perhaps from genetic causes.

Does anyone want to list the people they would like to see cloned?  My
list would include:

Albert Einstein

Richard Feynman

John von Neumann

Alan Turing

Feel free to add to this list.

For authors, Robert A Heinlein, Arthur C. Clark, Isaac Asimov and the
whole list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Knight_Memorial_Grand_Master_Award#Grand_Masters

Can you imagine a kindergarten class full of these and similar
 clones?

Keith