Posted on 07/27/2006 10:12:29 AM PDT by budlt2369
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Is this disturbing or is it just me?
Howard Dean? Is that you?
I don't see how they've done anything wrong yet, but I do see the potential for a moral "gray area" here. It certainly could become disturbing.
"What is the law?"
This sounds like a very slippery slope to start down. It says in the article that the scientists are under orders to kill anything that starts displaying human qualities.
Human qualitites... In another decade, if this continues, the humanimals may start fighting back.
Paging Dr. Moreau...
Very disturbing.
I don't like "wierd science".
The whole idea is sooo grotesque.
Yes it is disturbing. But it isn't a real danger.
DNA isn't exactly mix and match. The worst case scenario of transferring human intellect to an animal species is most likely if we mess with primate genomes, and even then - it wouldn't be easy.
It is easy enough to transfer the ability to produce a human protein, or collection of proteins. It is extremely difficult with today's knowledge to alter the development of entire organs, without causing the death of the animal.
The reason for that difficulty is that while we may have access to the DNA blueprints, we don't understand the mechanisms in which those blueprints are translated into development of differentiated cells, let alone how complete organs are formed from that blueprint.
Just a note that I think it is confusing, especially to new posters, that "News/Activism" is always listed together as if it's one topic, "News and Activism."
I think it also comes up as "News/Activism" (i.e., apparently as "one" topic) when a poster clicks on the "choose one" topic button while posting an article.
It's easy to be confused by this, methinks.
But they are doing it for the good of humanimality!
"a flock of about 50 smelly sheep"
I have always prefered my sheep deoderized.
"What is the law?"
Slavery of humans is not legal. So if a lion crosses with a human and makes a liman, its ok to drink its blood but not to eat it???
I am a virgin. Sorry.
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