Much A-d'oh About Cloning
Hey, my first (I think) op-ed blogger entry. Am turning into (ugh) a regular blogger!
A new-agish guru with a UFO recently announced they successfully created the first cloned human. As fascinating (and naturally unbelievable as this sounds since this nutjob's not offering any proof save his word--and we all know how credible a guy who owns a UFO can be) as this sounds, in terms of practicality I'd place this scientific event along with teaching apes sign language and breeding stripeless zebras. Sure, it sounds cool (well maybe not the stripeless zebra) but now what?
What practical use does human cloning have at present? Organ harvesting? No more rejections for that heart, kidney or hand transplant, sure, but unless scientists have also mastered accelarated growth, what use would for a 70-year-old man have for fresh, 1-year-old heart? What about full human reproduction? Why? Has the present from of procreation become so abhorrent? Sheesh, even people in Star Trek are shown (thought not literally) having sex and making babies the old fashioned way!
Nope, seems these scientists cloned a human just because they could. They didn't have to do it, nobody demanded another person be brought into this already overpopulated planet, and Dolly the cloned sheep wasn't looking for a playmate. I half-expect Jeff Goldblum to barge into their labs wearing his trademark (at least in Jurassic Park) black shirt, pants, leather jacket and shades and give 'em hell.
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