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I get missing a pet dearly. I don't get how the clone fixes anything. Replacing them with a clone that has no memories seems like declaring the memories and h
by mkl 8mo ago
I get missing a pet dearly. I don't get how the clone fixes anything. Replacing them with a clone that has no memories seems like declaring the memories and history mean nothing, and that to me is a strange betrayal of the lost relationship.
Grief is hard, but going back is impossible.
- arthurcolle 8mo agoThe cloned cat may still have the opportunity to interact with the original, so it could just be taken in as a "child" kitten of the cloned cat. The project is mostly to prove viability as I've seen focus on dogs and horses. There is a great documentary on a scientist who is cloning Saudi Arabian horses.
- mkl 8mo agoAh, I see. Well it's viable as people are doing it, but as well as being expensive it leads to multiple other cats needing homes: https://www.catster.com/weekly-mews/the-dark-side-of-cat-cloning/ https://www.catster.com/weekly-mews/the-dark-side-of-cat-clo... Seems best avoided.
- arthurcolle 8mo agoThat's fair. I'm not an evil cloner. I was just curious, one could say, more or less.
- ChintanGhate 8mo agoDay, Dusk & Dawn cats. The idea seems something out of Issac Asimov's foundation.