"Imperfect" is unnecessarily moralistic here. A clone is nothing more, and nothing less, than a time-shifted identical twin. I probably wouldn't clone my dog

"Imperfect" is unnecessarily moralistic here. A clone is nothing more, and nothing less, than a time-shifted identical twin. I probably wouldn't clone my dog for that reason: it's not "getting my dog back" it's having his identical twin. But I grant that identical twins are very similar to one another, so if you like your dog's look and personality, the clone would probably be a lot like his twin. So I don't judge people who would rather do that than find a new dog; why not? I do think it would be weird to give the clone the same name though. That said, a few pet owners give all of their dogs or cats the same name. Just because I don't understand it doesn't make it bad.