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From an evolutionary perspective, cloning is a great way to shoot yourself in the foot. Why would you do that to the population? The more similar genes are, th
by Ygg2 7y ago
From an evolutionary perspective, cloning is a great way to shoot yourself in the foot. Why would you do that to the population?
The more similar genes are, the easier it is for a single pathogen to kill all those that share those genes.
- AstralStorm 7y agoA few clones are okay from this point of view, an army of them is not. But who cares about clones, engineered humans would be much more useful, potentially.
- perl4ever 7y agoCloning has its pros and cons, that's why it exists in the natural world. An obvious advantage of cloning is that a successful variant can spread faster.