Goodbye, Dolly

goombah99 writes "Dolly, the famous cloned sheep has been put to death after being diagnosed with a progressive lung disease, according to many reports. This follows on earlier reports that she was prematurely aging, including developing arthritis. While one should be cautious about drawing conclusions from a single data point, its interesting to speculate." Here is a link to her birthplace courtesy of Captain Large Face

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Re:Bladerunner

[dissy]

> as nature had intended

Just had to comment.

If nature didnt intend for something to happen, it would not be possible.

Things like the laws of physics are 'as nature intended' since they can not be broken.

I would argue the speed of light is another, but as even that is questionable lets leave it be for now.

Nature by definition is "The material world and its phenomena."
http://dictionary.reference.com/searc h?q=nature

This means, if something is able to happen, it instantly is catagorized as natural.

Cloning is natural. It happens, it (mostly) works. It doesnt fully work as we want it to, but either a) give us time, or b) it is indeed unnatural and you dont have to be the one to worry about it being impossible or not.

I cant communicate enough my anger at people who claim this and that is unnatural.

If its unnatural really, it isnt gunna happen in any way, and there is nothing to worry about.

If it is happening right now, _in nature_, it is clearly _natural_.

Please do not confuse "The material world and its phenomena" with "The material world and its phenomena as long as a human had nothing to do with it"

Humans are part of nature, and thus by extention anything we do is of natures doing.

Lets try to be a little more careful about our choices of words, mmmkay?

(Sorry for the rant, and I dont intend for this to sound like a personal attack. You just happened to be the straw on this camels back for the day) :)