When it comes to news on genetic engineering and cloning, it is very easy to see when the organization is biased for or against it. More often than not, it is against it.
When reading through the article on BBC News about $50,000 for a cloned human, I could not help but notice a few interesting quotes:
"The world has to come to grips [with the fact] that the cloning technology is almost here," he said. "The irony about it is that there are so many people that are attempting to do it, and they could be doing it even as we speak in their garages."
I was laughing out loud when I read that one, as it would be very highly unlikely that someone could actually clone anything in their garage, unless they had some sort of a laminar flow hood, or equipment to keep specimins sterile, otherwise they would most likely end up with nothing or release pathogens. Cloning and genetic engineering is something that has been around for a long time, and it boggles my mind that people only focus on the negetivey of it. It is used on plants, was used to make Penicillin, and is being used to try and allow couples to have kids that otherwise couldn't. Now here is where you run into the problem of playing God, but think about all of the genetics based diseases that are out there, and think of how we could be able to prevent them from even happening, by eliminating that gene, and making it so we didn't even know those diseases existed. Doesn't that sound good?
"I remain opposed to the idea of cloning human beings. Even if it were possible and safe - which it's not - it wouldn't be in the interest of the child to be a copy of its parent."
How do you know it isn't safe or possible. The only way to find out is to TRY IT. Some people don't see past their own ignorance to see that this could really help the world if handled properly, but not allowing things to be tried and tested, doesn't allow researchers to make it happen. Plus, who says it isn't "in the best interest of the child" to be a genetic copy of their parent, ha.
The best thing to do is to start educating the world on how cloning and genetic engineering is already being used, and explain to the what the actual process IS, and let them decide. When you say cloning now a days or genetic engineering, people look at you like as if you swore at them, and that is insane. Ignorance does not make the world work.
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When it comes to news on genetic engineering and cloning, it is very easy to see when the organization is biased for or against it. More often than not, it is against it.
When reading through the article on BBC News about $50,000 for a cloned human, I could not help but notice a few interesting quotes:
I was laughing out loud when I read that one, as it would be very highly unlikely that someone could actually clone anything in their garage, unless they had some sort of a laminar flow hood, or equipment to keep specimins sterile, otherwise they would most likely end up with nothing or release pathogens. Cloning and genetic engineering is something that has been around for a long time, and it boggles my mind that people only focus on the negetivey of it. It is used on plants, was used to make Penicillin, and is being used to try and allow couples to have kids that otherwise couldn't. Now here is where you run into the problem of playing God, but think about all of the genetics based diseases that are out there, and think of how we could be able to prevent them from even happening, by eliminating that gene, and making it so we didn't even know those diseases existed. Doesn't that sound good?
How do you know it isn't safe or possible. The only way to find out is to TRY IT. Some people don't see past their own ignorance to see that this could really help the world if handled properly, but not allowing things to be tried and tested, doesn't allow researchers to make it happen. Plus, who says it isn't "in the best interest of the child" to be a genetic copy of their parent, ha.
The best thing to do is to start educating the world on how cloning and genetic engineering is already being used, and explain to the what the actual process IS, and let them decide. When you say cloning now a days or genetic engineering, people look at you like as if you swore at them, and that is insane. Ignorance does not make the world work.