Michio Kaku (co-founder of string field theory) discussing the ethics of cloning in Metro magazine:
There are some things we just have to accept. Cloning, for example. One day, rich people will start cloning themselves. How can you stop them? You can legislate against it but look at the drug trade today – people have got used to a certain fraction of society being heroin addicts. It’s the same with cloning.
Nice comparison, Michio. Clearly, heroin addicts are commensurate with rich people who clone themselves. (Actually, I'm quite grateful at the mind-boggling lack of understanding of the ethical issues that this comparison suggests, because it makes me feel intellectually superior to a string field theorist. Hurrah!)
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Nods sagely, pretending to know what string field theory is...
Morally superior too, I'd say.
Perhaps, on the plus side, rich people cloning themselves will lead to new love-to-hate-them TV programmes of the "Location, location, location" type:
"Rupert and Jemima live in an eight-bedroomed manor house in Surrey. However, Rupert's repeated vanity cloning means that they are fast running out of space..."
Marsha's idea is superb!
Tim, it's my understanding that string field theory was invented by scientists, just because they were worried that Einstein's theory of relativity was becoming a bit too accessible to ordinary numpties like us...
Marsha, tee hee! What a thought.
Billy - I'd quite like to clone myself an army of James McEvoys to have around the place as staff..s
Can we make the clone jokes now? The Laughing Clone? Clone, Clone on the Range?
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