[ExI] Ethics of cloning famous people

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On Tue, 26 Nov 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> Given how much of any given famous person is due to nurture and opportunity from environment, cloning famous people would in practice
> not bring much more benefit to society than cloning random people - indeed, quite possibly less benefit due to the baggage those
> clones would have from being clones of famous people (and thus, pressured to grow in ways that hinder them from being nearly the
> equal of their clone parent).

The boys from brazil comes to mind!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film) .


> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 11:27 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       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
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