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Tue Jan-31-06 07:30 PM
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If you had to be the parent of your own cloned self |
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:32 PM
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:33 PM
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2. Murder/suicide springs to mind. |
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No way in hell would I stand for any of my lip! And let the latin-speakers spend a decade deciding how to classify the incident!
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:35 PM
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3. Not be overly protective and involve me |
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in activities that would help me socialize better with other kids.
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:36 PM
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4. ahhhh jeeeessssshhhhhhh! |
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I think it's time to hug my kids & thank my lucky stars they are who they are.
Scary question.
:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:37 PM
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5. there is no true image |
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that's what twins are, same DNA but they are different, even if you were a famous person would a clone make the same decisions at the same time, have the same strengths, I think that one would have the same challenges as any parent, but reliving your life through another person's eyes-no.
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:38 PM
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6. Well, considering HippieKid pretty much IS me all over again .. |
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:scared: and she just started her adventures in teen-dom ... EEEEEK!!! :hide:
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:38 PM
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treat the child like any other.
Because, despite sci-fi, there would be little resemblance. The child would be less like the parent than identical twins raised apart are to each other.
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Tue Jan-31-06 07:48 PM
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8. I'd raise her to be President, what else? |
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Tue Jan-31-06 11:25 PM
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I've got a good idea of what didn't work for me growing up and what did, and while I'm pretty sure I'd make mistakes, I think I'd make ones less likely to inflict the current set of neuroses.
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Wed Feb-01-06 02:21 AM
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11. I'd be a nicer mother to her |
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than my own mother was to me. It's worked out well with my other kids.
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Fri Feb-03-06 04:12 AM
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12. Chain it up in the basement. |
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...then farm it for organs as I get older and need them.
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No, in all seriousness, a clone wouldn't really be me - the only thing we'd have in common is our genetic makeup. Our personalities and thoughts would likely differ greatly. I'd raise it just like I'd raise any other child. Some people get science mixed up with science fiction. You'll never be able to clone another "you".
Although, if we found a way to combine the Human Brain with Computers, there might be a way to do something like that - you'd require the clone for a new body as your old one dies. Of course, by the time that happens we'll likely be able to stop the aging process through genetic modification, so needing a new body would be rather pointless unless your old one was literally falling a part.
Personally, I'm all gun-ho for something like that - I want to live forever. :P
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