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Off the cuff answer: because he'll get all the girls. Real answer: I think the problems implicit in cloning are foremost. Assuming we're able to surpass those,
by time_management 18y ago
Off the cuff answer: because he'll get all the girls.
Real answer: I think the problems implicit in cloning are foremost. Assuming we're able to surpass those, we have the inherent ethical issues of bringing a human-like (and possibly more complex/intelligent than humans) being into a very strange environment.
I think we should do it, if we can guarantee a reasonable likelihood that he or she will not endure an inhuman amount of suffering, but there are a lot of ethical issues that have to be addressed. Who will raise him? How hard will we try to give him a "normal" life and prevent his inevitable celebrity from affecting him? How will we determine if he's competent to own property, attend school, live on his own, etc.?
- gravitycop 18y agoHow will we determine if he's competent Why not use IQ testing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation#Treatment_and_assistance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_retardation#Treatment_an... There are thousands of agencies in the United States that provide assistance for people with developmental disabilities. They include state-run, for-profit, and non-profit, privately run agencies.
- gravitycop 18y agopossibly more [...] intelligent than humans Do you think it is likely that mean modern-Neanderthal (Neanderthal raised in a modern environment) IQ would be higher than mean modern-human IQ?
- time_management 18y agoI think it's possible, but I have no idea how likely it is.