X-Message-Number: 12543 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: hamberger/cow Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:40:18 +0100 This could be dangerous, as although you could get *a* cow back, you could not get the same cow back with all its memories etc. Just as most people have a lot of misconceptions about cryonics, so do they about cloning - many people think having yourself cloned would be comparable to extended life after the original perished. Utter rubbish I know, but it is what people think, even otherwise articulate and intelligent people. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, my singles club for people in Cornwall, music, Inventors' report, an autobio and various other projects: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR > That old quip about making hamburger into a cow has turned, I think, into a > weapon *we* can use, in view of cloning. A steer was cloned recently, wasn't > it? Cattle have been cloned from adult cells. "Hamburger" is a type of cell > sample. You *can* get a cow from hamburger. Maybe someone ought to point > this out specifically to the media, at the next opportunity. > > Mike Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12543