Science Not Election-Related, but Holy Shit!
posted by on November 4 at 13:06 PM
Scientists in Japan say they have successfully cloned a mouse from a body that had been frozen for 16 years, theoretically opening the door to a range of possibilities from preserving endangered animals, to resurrecting extinct animals to cloning Ted Williams.
And they laughed at my cryogenic chamber. They laughed!
Well, I have always wanted to meet Robert Anton Wilson and Walt Disney.
Let me know when they invent the Orb or the Orgazmotron.
A clone of you is not you, just somebody else with your genes.
Although, @3, I do recall reading a middling sci-fi novel a number of years ago that posited, if you could recreate the formative experiences of the host and effectively "direct" the psycho-emotional maturation of clone, you might have a shot at creating a very similar personality; again, not OF the original, but very much like the original.
Why would you clone Tad Williams?
I know Jurassic Park ended badly and all - but I still think we should give it a go.
Jesus Christ, Paul, it just means the mouse's DNA was preserved, it's not cryogenic suspension of a living individual.
Exactly. What Ivan said.