DNA Mapping and Genetic Cloning. - Page 2

C.H · 02-23-2002, 05:47 PM

Well, i'm not sure on this subject myself either. But i can see that Xantar came in with that thing i'm having difficulty understanding...oh...thats it Knowleadge. Yea, thats it. Okay, so i may not be totally aware of the technical side behind cloning. Cloning is still a very new thing to scientists now, and fully understanding how to do it right is a very long way if, thats if we ever fully understand it. Not to long ago the idea of cloning animal's was purely science-fiction. But it's happened, dolly was the first ever clone of any animal (why they named the sheep dolly, i don't know. Maybe something a little more imaginative...like clonny). Now i'm going to forget the technical side which Xantar has brought up, and answer the question as if we can clone animals with no problems (because hey, you never know what the future holds).

I would hate to think that cloning really gets out of hand, and science fiction films project of the future really isn't far off what the future really is going to be like. Like in the sixth day, where you can buy back your dead dog. Personally, something just dosen't seem right with cloning. But i must admit, the idea Ric has put forward sounds like a good one. But, i think the line has to put somewhere. If we do clone endangered species, then why not clone animals that have died (like the dog from sixth day), then...well then why not clone people that have died from things other then natural causes, and after that, why not genetically alter future human beings for the better. Do you see what i'm getting at, once we take one step, were tempted to take the next. I think i line has to be drawn somewhere, so that the use of cloning doesn't get out of hand.

fingersman · 02-24-2002, 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by NeonNightCloud
It's not a great idea to screw with mother nature. If the earth thinks it's time for an animal to be extinct, let it do it's thing. You never know what could happen in we cloned an animal that is supposed to be extinct.

Trust me it's not mother nature that's making most of these animals exntinct..so i don't know where you got that idea from.
Look at Turtles for example..scientist say that some of the species have been around near dinasour times...and now thanks to us humans some of the turtles are becoming extinct....so in a few centuries we are doing what thousands of years and predators couldn't do.

I think in the end if we are not careful, we will be the ones that kill oursleves, unless Xanny becomes a doctor and figures out a purifying formula.

Revival · 02-24-2002, 11:49 AM

Let's close Xantar - we could always use more of him

fingersman · 02-24-2002, 12:46 PM

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Originally posted by Shooter
Let's close Xantar - we could always use more of him

Close Xantar?? WHat is he a door or something??

And the word your looking for is clone I guess

....and I have only one thing to say to that anwser...hell no...one Xantar is enough.

Hmmmmmmmmmm but if they had two of him maybe he would finish his fanfics faster...hmmmmmmmm...maybe your on to something Shooter.

Revival · 02-24-2002, 01:01 PM

Yeah.. Xantar can whip out his fanfics like nothing else!

Ric · 02-24-2002, 02:31 PM

I am hearing a lot of references to 'The Dog From Sixth Day' might I point out that while you could clone a dead animal it will behave and act and have a completley different personality because things will happen differently in its life.

This leads me neatly on to the matter of cloning Xantar his clone will have a different personality too (and besides what do we want another person obsessed with porn RPG's for lol).

Ok I admit, sadly at the end of the day everything in this world boils down to money and funding. So perhaps blood samples (and embryos although I dont condone it) could be taken and set in deep freeze (Like Walt Disney) for use in the future when science has advanced or something. I agree with Xantar more should be done on the preservation of animals such as pandas (and no a panda with six arms doesnt sound too good) also another point to add, he mentioned other animils having longer or more complex dna, well blood samples have been taken from a dead and washed up Blue Whale

and they discovered that its dna is far more complex than a humans almost beyond belief. Only common sence really when you consider the fact that it is the largest known creature on our planet. I say known because who knows whats down there in the ocean deeps beneath the photic zone.

Revival · 02-24-2002, 02:33 PM

Let's clone Ric and C.H. so we can get the SciFi story done quicker too

Xantar · 02-24-2002, 02:39 PM

*gets ready to talk about quality and quantity again*
*realizes it's no use*

People just are never satisfied with the speed I turn out my chapters.

Don't worry. Things will go faster once I retire and stop reading every single post in this forum.

Revival · 02-24-2002, 02:49 PM

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Originally posted by Xantar
Don't worry. Things will go faster once I retire and stop reading every single post in this forum.

When ARE you going to retire?

And I know about quality over quantity.. but if there were 2 of you, one could focus on school, and the other on writing QUALITY chapters, but it would be faster than you get them now.

Ginkasa · 02-24-2002, 06:08 PM

You know, if we had even more than two he could get them done even faster....

If we have enough we might get a new one everyday....

Revival · 02-24-2002, 06:34 PM

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Originally posted by Link1130
You know, if we had even more than two he could get them done even faster....

Having a clone would be cool. I wouldn't have to deal with math

LoudHowardZERO · 02-24-2002, 09:57 PM

Just imagine.. another one of me...

All hell would be loose!

GameMaster · 02-24-2002, 10:01 PM

What if your clone went evil on you? Steals your career and your friends and then when you get home he's working it with your wife in bed. Oh man I would kill him

LoudHowardZERO · 02-24-2002, 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by Gamemaster2002
What if your clone went evil on you? Steals your career and your friends and then when you get home he's working it with your wife in bed. Oh man I would kill him

* I don't think my clone could get any eviler than me

* I'm too pathetic to even get a job, let alone a career!

* I don't have friends

* I won't be able to get a wife, too patheatic

* even if I had a wife threesomes have never been bad

So that wouldn't be a problem for me

GameMaster · 02-24-2002, 10:36 PM

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Originally posted by LoudHowardZERO
* even if I had a wife threesomes have never been bad

Ewwwwww