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why would we even bother? It makes more sense to create perfect humans and clone from them only in artificial wombs to prevent epigenetic defects.
by pottersbasilisk 10y ago
why would we even bother?
It makes more sense to create perfect humans and clone from them only in artificial wombs to prevent epigenetic defects.
- Para2016 10y agoWell the only clinically significant scenario I can think for this kind of thing is for homosexual partners to reproduce with 50% of the genetic material coming from each partner. Right now one partner contributes 50% of the genetic material and the other partner doesn't get to contribute anything. And creating perfect humans and cloning them in artificial wombs sounds beyond the scope of science at this point. The paper I posted could lead to offspring now (viable or perhaps so epigenetically modified they are doomed -although a germ cell undergoes some demodification in the ovary's environment). It wasn't supposed to be an alternative future for humans (such as perfect humans), although I could see a total female society having less anti-social personality disorders and less violent crime.
- no1youknowz 10y agoIf that actually does happen. Do it in conjunction with backing up the brain. Thus achieving true immortality. Have bodies that are engineered to live forever, but accidents abound. Should anything happen to you, they'll re-clone you and restore the last brain backup. Like the cylons did in Battlestar Galactica. Imagine living for 10s of thousands of years and the only way to truly die is for your genetic material to be disposed of and the backups wiped. If tech like that were available. I'd happily sign up. Travel the stars and explore the unknown!