Leo--
We can't suck silly ideas out of people's brains any more than we can
suck ALL the air out of a bottle--but we can replace either with
sufficient cold water...
Viz.,
The hypothetical human clone, inspiring bizarre imaginings in truly
"clone-like" (in the sci-fi and gay slang sense) Americans, is simply a
person whose genes came from somatic cells rather than germ cells. A
clone has to go through all the growing pains we all do, with a similar
mix of predictable and unpredictable results deriving from long and
intricate interactions between the organism (beginning with the first
cell) and its environment (including itself).
Hope this helps; doubt it will much.
(What of OTHER "un-natural" ways of pairing genes? Do offspring of
artificial insemination have souls? Do those of in vitro fertilization
have souls? Do those born of rape have souls? Ask them. Many are old
enough to tell you.)
Frank LeFever
New York Neuropsychology Group
In <Pine.SOL.3.94.970401144120.11813C-100000 at mol> Ralph Leonhardt
<leo at neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
>>>Hi there,
>>I thought we had overcome the sci-fi stuff, at least in this
newsgroup.
>>Cheers, Leo
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>Ralph Leonhardt
>Inst. f. Neuroinformatik, Geb. ND 04/297
>Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum
>D-44780 Bochum, Germany
>>Tel.: +49 (0)234 700 5559
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>E-mail: leo at neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>>>
