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What do you think? is it good or bad? my opinion is that it is bad. i agree with religious groups in the fact that it could lead to cloning, however, unlike them, i dont hate cloning because its immoral. i just happen to know that a society of mindless clones could easily overthrow "normal" human beings. to understand this, you must understand what consciousness is. in short, it is our ability to recognize our existance, or being aware of our awareness. it isnt just being awake. unconscious beings (or bicameral) can think and reason, but they arent affected by prejedice, insecure beliefs, or other disruptive factors. in other words, bicameral beings would be like a human in "animal mode", but with the ability to reason. thus, they could think clearer and eventually take over society as a whole. (although this has gotten off the subject of stem-cell research, stem-cell research would lead to this eventually)

Well in that case i would have to agree that stem-cell research is bad. We dont need any more ways to make humans live longer than they already need to. They already destroy enough of their own world and if we perfect stem cells then the world will become even more overpopulated and annoying. ((im sad cus no one has replied to my ranting on humans yet))

What is your definition of consciousness? Because from what you wrote, it certainly does differ from mine.

Actually, yes I do study psychology. Yes, we do not understand consiousness and yes, we can not re-create it. That has nothing to do with cloning. It seems that you have no idea how cloning works. I dont want to type it all out so here's a link to the article on wiki. To summarize my point: cloning involves creating a new human the same way it happens in the womb just with mechanical analogs. Scientists don't need to understand or create consiousness in the clone because nature will take care of it. Clones aren't created spontaneously as adults, that would be ridiculous. I can't see how that would ever have a practical application. Cloning is directing nature, not re-writing it. You need to lay off those old sci-fi movies. They'll really get to your head... rofl

ok, i see your point now. i wasnt thinking of cloning as starting it in the womb, i was thinking that it was like starting a lifeform already outside of the womb. thanks for clearing that up for me

If you are not willing to try and change it, you are just as much a problem as the rest of humanity, so why do you bother existing? You just sit back and criticize without offering any solutions, so stfu kid. I'm bored of your whining.

Why do you think I'm angry? I'm not the one using three question marks. Lolz. rolleyes I'm not criticizing you for not doing anything. I'm criticizing you for complaining while not doing anything. You have nothing to complain about. You're a whiny little kid who's been spoiled rotten. Grow up. Now I will quit responding to you because I've made my point and you're not the type of person to be swayed by well, anyone. You've made your decision to hate the world, so you are going to live a lonely life. I only hope for your sake it isn't a very long one.