Superhumans possible via designer cloning

[UM-Bot]

A recently developed technique that might eventually produce facsimiles of human embryonic stem cells from skin cells was lauded by President Bush and the Catholic Church as an ethical alternative to using human embryos for research.

But it “opens a whole new can of worms” - the possibility of creating chimera humans, one researcher says.

View: Full Article | Source: Live Science

[Shuriken]

race of superhumans is inevitable anyway...

everyone will want to have better augmentations and implants.

[Silmarillion]

I figure that by the time legislators start debating the ethics or merits of anything, someone, somewhere had already pulled it off...

I imagine that someone has already cloned a human being.

race of superhumans is inevitable anyway...

everyone will want to have better augmentations and implants.

[riv21]

As attractive as the superhuman possibilities are, technology is a two-edged sword. It has given us the Internet, space flight and dog chow but it has also severely damaged our Earth with desertification and a depleted ozone layer as well as created superviruses that we haven't even begun to control. We don't know the long-term effects of GM foods and mucking about with our DNA might very well endanger the human race. We might end up looking like bugs. Welcome to the hive.

Edited April 25, 2008 by riv21

[masterconfusion]

So what would it take to sign up and become changed by this kinda technology?