Clones:
The whole idea of clones is quite baffling. Taking one person, and making another exact copy of them. It just seems so unrealistic to me, but somehow we have managed to clone sheep already. It seems like such a futuristic idea, but I guess somehow we have managed to figure it out already. That's the thing, if we have already figured out how to clone sheep...what's next?
We people are known to be one of a kind, there is only one of us and that's what makes us so unique. Although I'm not sure how long we'll be able to say that for. If somehow, someone finds out a way to make clones of people effectively, a lot of things would change. I'm sure there would be many sceptics but along with them, many believers. I guess it would be useful to have two of a person to an extent. There are many risks that come along with cloning. The whole idea sounds great, but with many successes they are a lot of failed attempted. I'm afraid that in some cases, something might go wrong. Maybe the clone isn't able to function, or it becomes harmful.
In the book, the idea of clones is something the people in the Alacran Estate do not particularly like. It really makes me think about how people nowadays would react. Would people treat them similar to how they treat Matt in the book, like a monster? Or would people treat him as if he were just another person. I don't know how I would react to a clone, I wouldn't be out-right discusted with it and treat it like an animal but I would defiantly not look at it the same as a normal human being. With that in mind, if the clone is anything like Matt, then they definitely have feelings so therefore they should be respected as much as any of us. In the end, it's really dependent on your perspective. Celia, El Patron, and Maria consider him just as much of a person as themselves but the rest of them are convinced Matt is some sort of beast. Regardless of all that, I think for now having just one of us is enough!
The whole idea of clones is quite baffling. Taking one person, and making another exact copy of them. It just seems so unrealistic to me, but somehow we have managed to clone sheep already. It seems like such a futuristic idea, but I guess somehow we have managed to figure it out already. That's the thing, if we have already figured out how to clone sheep...what's next?
We people are known to be one of a kind, there is only one of us and that's what makes us so unique. Although I'm not sure how long we'll be able to say that for. If somehow, someone finds out a way to make clones of people effectively, a lot of things would change. I'm sure there would be many sceptics but along with them, many believers. I guess it would be useful to have two of a person to an extent. There are many risks that come along with cloning. The whole idea sounds great, but with many successes they are a lot of failed attempted. I'm afraid that in some cases, something might go wrong. Maybe the clone isn't able to function, or it becomes harmful.
In the book, the idea of clones is something the people in the Alacran Estate do not particularly like. It really makes me think about how people nowadays would react. Would people treat them similar to how they treat Matt in the book, like a monster? Or would people treat him as if he were just another person. I don't know how I would react to a clone, I wouldn't be out-right discusted with it and treat it like an animal but I would defiantly not look at it the same as a normal human being. With that in mind, if the clone is anything like Matt, then they definitely have feelings so therefore they should be respected as much as any of us. In the end, it's really dependent on your perspective. Celia, El Patron, and Maria consider him just as much of a person as themselves but the rest of them are convinced Matt is some sort of beast. Regardless of all that, I think for now having just one of us is enough!
I agree with the fact that "making" clones is quite baffling. When you said that people in the Alacran Estate do not particularly like clones and then asked about how people nowadays would react, well i think that people would not care if they did not know they were a clone.
ReplyDeleteI agree 100% with you, and see your point. when you say "I think for now having just one of us is enough" what prompted you to think that?
ReplyDeleteone of my reasons is that we are already kind of suffering from over-population, and clones would just make the problem even worse.
:( I'm scared for the future.
I think that this blog post was really well written. I like how you actually connected it to the book and it was really good. Also it made me think more about some things which i didn't really realize before! :D
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