Re: Dolly

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Re: Dolly

Lee — 5/13/2008 11:02:07 PM (archived)

That's like saying Mercedes' first auto or the Wright flyer were paragons of invention. Dolly was a test. A proof of concept experiment. Techniques and understanding have improved by leaps and bounds in the decade since. Just as they will continue to advance in the future. Progress knows no rest.

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Genetically modified human embryos in Britain - TB - 5/12/2008 10:51:21 PM
- Designer babies are nightmares??? - Lee - 5/13/2008 1:31:24 AM
  - Why are folks like you so attracted to this idea? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2008 7:53:55 AM
    - Well... - FrankC - 5/14/2008 12:18:06 AM
      - I guess what I am trying to say - FrankC - 5/14/2008 12:27:40 AM
    - Attractive, intelligent, strong, healthy, long lived people...what's not to be attracted to? - Lee - 5/13/2008 5:05:30 PM
      - Advance of science VS morality - Just a rant - 5/13/2008 9:50:14 PM
      - Well then, I'm screwed. (n/t) - Jody - 5/13/2008 6:39:15 PM
        
        What if someone could give those things to your children? - Lee - 5/13/2008 6:55:30 PM
        
        Good questions...I will have to think about them...and I will get back to you (n/t) - Jody - 5/13/2008 7:08:37 PM
        
        I see so many things wrong with it Lee...that I don't know where to begin. (n/t) - Jody - 5/13/2008 8:36:01 PM
        
        Might as well outlaw prenatal testing then. - Lee - 5/13/2008 10:01:04 PM
        
        Fix things after the fact?? - Lindy - 5/13/2008 10:18:04 PM
        
        That's what I'm saying. - Lee - 5/13/2008 10:26:28 PM
        
        You don't have any kids, do you? - Lindy - 5/14/2008 12:21:02 AM
        
        Hysteria - Lee - 5/14/2008 1:20:11 AM
        
        Regulation - Lindy - 5/14/2008 2:27:43 AM
      - non-responsive (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2008 5:51:57 PM
        
        I'm not sure what answer you're looking for. - Lee - 5/13/2008 6:50:19 PM
        
        re: I'm not sure what answer you're looking for. - Lindy - 5/13/2008 10:21:05 PM
        
        Look at the question again, then. - alcaray - 5/13/2008 9:48:55 PM
        
        Because every group has flaws. - Lee - 5/13/2008 10:13:49 PM
        
        HMMMMMM...Aliens (n/t) - Jody - 5/14/2008 11:12:41 AM
        
        A techno-eugenic future - JEKing - 5/13/2008 8:59:08 PM
        
        Exactly - Lee - 5/13/2008 9:58:31 PM
        
        "The anti GM crowd remind me a lot of anti-abortion activists. " - signed, Lindy - 5/13/2008 10:23:31 PM
        
        What's the difference? - Lee - 5/13/2008 10:32:24 PM
        
        Exactly! - Lindy - 5/14/2008 12:22:48 AM
        
        You misunderstand. - Lee - 5/14/2008 1:23:24 AM
      - Hybrid corn - TB - 5/13/2008 5:35:31 PM
        
        Uberdog - Lindy - 5/13/2008 10:25:10 PM
        
        Wolves - Lee - 5/13/2008 5:58:39 PM
        
        You don't get it. - TB - 5/13/2008 11:19:37 PM
        
        Just to be clear... - TB - 5/13/2008 11:29:33 PM
        
        Re: Beauty - Lee - 5/14/2008 1:46:41 AM
        
        I'm not talking yet. - Lee - 5/14/2008 1:34:21 AM
        
        re: Wolves - Lindy - 5/13/2008 10:26:57 PM
    - It is the Triumph of the Will. The Iron Dream. (n/t) - Feric JaggER - 5/13/2008 2:32:38 PM
      - Yea, but... - alcaray - 5/13/2008 5:55:13 PM
        
        An obsession with heredity is a sure sign of fascism. - ER - 5/13/2008 6:47:00 PM
        
        Good post - TB - 5/13/2008 11:47:44 PM
        
        re: An obsession with heredity is a sure sign of fascism. - Lindy - 5/13/2008 10:42:56 PM
        
        Like Tom, you're confusing selective breeding with genetic engineering. - Lee - 5/13/2008 7:02:51 PM
        
        re: Like Tom, you're confusing selective breeding with genetic engineering. - Lindy - 5/13/2008 10:50:44 PM
        
        Re: Dolly - Lee - 5/13/2008 11:02:07 PM

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