Comments on: “The Cloned Child is Coming”: Doctor Claims He’s On the Verge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:04:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scholarly One http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-23782 Scholarly One Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:26:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-23782 Why? It better be an intergalactic threat of human extinction because we are already good at mating for better offspring. Just look at our UFC fighters and our good looking Hollywood folks and our amazingly smart scientific types. Why? It better be an intergalactic threat of human extinction because we are already good at mating for better offspring. Just look at our UFC fighters and our good looking Hollywood folks and our amazingly smart scientific types.

]]> By: MV http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-23292 MV Fri, 08 May 2009 08:45:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-23292 Cloning to create replacement organs? - now that's really creepy. How would you like to be that human whose sole purpose of existence is to replace organs for other humans? Where is this "cloning for cloning sake is creepy" coming from? Nature is full of clones. From human twins to self-reproducing lizards, insects, and nultitude other creatures. Idiots are creepy. Cloning to create replacement organs? – now that’s really creepy. How would you like to be that human whose sole purpose of existence is to replace organs for other humans?

Where is this “cloning for cloning sake is creepy” coming from? Nature is full of clones. From human twins to self-reproducing lizards, insects, and nultitude other creatures. Idiots are creepy.

]]> By: geeta http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-23154 geeta Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:12:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-23154 World needs less babies - cloned or otherwise - not more. Cloning is better off if limited to create replcament organs rather than to increase the population World needs less babies – cloned or otherwise – not more. Cloning is better off if limited to create replcament organs rather than to increase the population

]]> By: Honey Bentley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-23129 Honey Bentley Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:16:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-23129 It might sound creepy, but all things in Science and the understanding of it- is creepy. If a child of mine was lost in some manner and i had the capability to have another- then more "power" to us for trying. It might sound creepy, but all things in Science and the understanding of it- is creepy. If a child of mine was lost in some manner and i had the capability to have another- then more “power” to us for trying.

]]> By: Fran Mayes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-23124 Fran Mayes Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:55:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-23124 I heard all of these same arguments 30 years ago when the first IVF babies were announced. And it took a lot of trying before the technique was successful. Identical twins haven't caused the world to end or the gene pool to collapse. I heard all of these same arguments 30 years ago when the first IVF babies were announced. And it took a lot of trying before the technique was successful. Identical twins haven’t caused the world to end or the gene pool to collapse.

]]> By: Stacy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-22992 Stacy Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:49:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-22992 Freaky little manbaby eraser in a test tube - if he is implanting those, they will just expand in water... I would like to clone myself and give birth to myself to see if I'm as loud as my mother claims I was... Freaky little manbaby eraser in a test tube – if he is implanting those, they will just expand in water…
I would like to clone myself and give birth to myself to see if I’m as loud as my mother claims I was…

]]> By: Christina Viering http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-22939 Christina Viering Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:14:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-22939 Here come the Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Here come the Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

]]> By: angela http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/comment-page-1/#comment-22935 angela Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:08:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/04/22/the-cloned-child-is-coming-doctor-claims-hes-on-the-verge/#comment-22935 I though cloning was banned in the United States? Even if it's not, it ought to be. Too creepy! I though cloning was banned in the United States? Even if it’s not, it ought to be. Too creepy!

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