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Japan to Allow Human-Nonhuman Mixed Cloning
Sara Chan writes: "Japan has decided to allow combined human-animal embryos to be produced through cloning, which could result in mixed-species creatures. The intended purpose is to permit transplant organs to be produced in specially-bred animals. The original story is in a Japanese newspaper, but you can get an English summary here."
really. it is.
i can't see anythign going wrong with that.
This got modded down within thirty seconds of posting. So much for my rush to get first post. But anyway, this does raise serious ethical questions if someone is creating human animal hybrids. Also, does this mean that we can breed a "Manimal?"
Remember, there were no nuclear weapons before women were allowed to vote.
Should not be allowed to? Don't you think it is remotely possible that opposition to a given technology may be based on ignorance and superstition? A great example of this might be your mentioning Three Mile Island. You may not be aware of this, but Three Mile Island was not a disaster. The safety systems worked as designed, and very little radiation was leaked. The Chernobyl accident has been shown to have been caused by incompetency on the parts of the plant operators. This is far from any "intrinsic" danger in nuclear power. In fact, nuclear power is economical. It is also the most environmentally clean power source in places where space limitations prevent things like hydroelectric and wind power. Further, the irrational fear of nuclear-anything means that most Americans miss out on some important technologies: for example, all of the E coli outbreaks of the last decade could have been prevented through irradiation. Restaurants could serve medium rare burgers again.
Karma: Good (despite my invention of the Karma: sig)
This is horrendous moderation.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
The problem with this sort of rationalization of the bible is that there's no support in the text for any of these odd interpretations of "this generation". If I were to go willy-nilly through your Sacred Text, and add qualifiers like "this kind of thing", who knows what weird religion you'd soon be following!
On the other hand, it's quite common for religious leaders to predict the End of the World within their lifetime---and they're invariably wrong! Some of them just slink off into a hole somewhere, others convince their followers that they were actually predicting a different End of the World all along.
I think the person we're talking about here is one of the more slick-tongued variety.
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That's why sheep don't so much fly as plummet.
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