This is nothing new or fake. There is no need to use the word “claim” like you think he is lying. I personally have a friend who spent like $50,000 or $100,000 to clone one of her dogs… twice.
I guarantee he has more money than she does (though she is ridiculously wealthy), so I have no doubts he did something that rich people have been doing for a decade.
EDIT: Yes, I know that is ESPN’s headline, not OPs.
Human cloning, afaik, has been made illegal in parts of the US since the 90s (up to states; no federal laws) and is also illegal in a lot of other major countries around the world. It’s entirely possible to clone a human embryo and let it grow; there isn’t any kind of “accelerated growth” sci fi shit. And the ethics of cloning a human are… Questionable.
Hands down is already happened (Speculation here). Asking forgiveness has always been easier than permission. Look at the Chinese girls genetically altered to supposedly give them an hiv resistance. They got in trouble sure but they did it before a law was passed saying they couldn’t. No law technically exists to stop human cloning. Just precedence that we all too well know means nothing anymore.
I really don’t want to peddle conspiracy, but if we’re talking speculation… I’ve heard speculation that human clones could be used for organ harvesting to extend the life of someone. Specifically, this theory was floating around when someone overheard Putin and Xi talking about living to 150 years old (or something to that effect).
I remember all the headlines about cloning “Dolly the sheep” years ago, then that was it. Discussion of the tech in the mainstream stopped. So I always assumed that at that point there were sketchy human trials ongoing and its just not advertised.
Yep, it’s the “probably” that creates the ethics conundrum. We won’t know how to improve the process without testing the process, and we cannot ethically create “test” humans like that scene in Alien Resurrection where all the failed Sigourney clones are sitting in jars, suffering and begging for death.
This is nothing new or fake. There is no need to use the word “claim” like you think he is lying. I personally have a friend who spent like $50,000 or $100,000 to clone one of her dogs… twice.
I guarantee he has more money than she does (though she is ridiculously wealthy), so I have no doubts he did something that rich people have been doing for a decade.
EDIT: Yes, I know that is ESPN’s headline, not OPs.
Did not know that. How far are we from cloning humans? xD
Human cloning, afaik, has been made illegal in parts of the US since the 90s (up to states; no federal laws) and is also illegal in a lot of other major countries around the world. It’s entirely possible to clone a human embryo and let it grow; there isn’t any kind of “accelerated growth” sci fi shit. And the ethics of cloning a human are… Questionable.
Hands down is already happened (Speculation here). Asking forgiveness has always been easier than permission. Look at the Chinese girls genetically altered to supposedly give them an hiv resistance. They got in trouble sure but they did it before a law was passed saying they couldn’t. No law technically exists to stop human cloning. Just precedence that we all too well know means nothing anymore.
I really don’t want to peddle conspiracy, but if we’re talking speculation… I’ve heard speculation that human clones could be used for organ harvesting to extend the life of someone. Specifically, this theory was floating around when someone overheard Putin and Xi talking about living to 150 years old (or something to that effect).
Edit: here’s an article about the 150yo comment: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr70rvrd41ko
Probably how Dick Cheney lived so long.
I could totally see that.
Ever see the movie The Island? One of ScarJos first star roles i think. Along side Ewan McGreat Smile. Hello there.
I remember all the headlines about cloning “Dolly the sheep” years ago, then that was it. Discussion of the tech in the mainstream stopped. So I always assumed that at that point there were sketchy human trials ongoing and its just not advertised.
Dolly was in the 90s… So much has happened in that field since then.
We could probably do it now ethics aside
Yep, it’s the “probably” that creates the ethics conundrum. We won’t know how to improve the process without testing the process, and we cannot ethically create “test” humans like that scene in Alien Resurrection where all the failed Sigourney clones are sitting in jars, suffering and begging for death.