in this scenario, ihave been cloned. will the clone will be exactly the same as me? will it think the same at the same time, if we go different places will be acting pretty much the same. would he know what i know? Would he literally be a second me?
Clones
no. go watch star wars and you can see they all different 
| Yantaal wrote: |
| in this scenario, ihave been cloned. will the clone will be exactly the same as me? will it think the same at the same time, if we go different places will be acting pretty much the same. would he know what i know? Would he literally be a second me? |
The clone would be genetically identical (for a time - random genetic damage would soon differentiate you). It would not be exactly the same since environment is very important in forming a person and your environments would be different.
The simplest way to answer the question is to look at indentical twins. They are, in a very real sense, clones. There appears to be some evidence that such twins share feelings and thoughts to a much greater degree than most people but they are certainly not 'the same people'.
There have been some studies which attempt to show some sort of 'telepathy' between identical twins but to the best of my knowledge no such evidence has been produced in any proper scientific study.
I agree. The clone would be genetically identical but the behavior of the person would depend of everything that surrounds you. The clone must have exactly the same situations in life and would have to go through the same thing like you. Still, it’s not you, it doesn’t have you soul. It would represent somebody that you could become.
I wouldn’t like to be a clone… A copy of some person…. Who are parents of a clone?
I wouldn’t like to be a clone… A copy of some person…. Who are parents of a clone?
| biljap wrote: |
| Who are parents of a clone? |
A tube and some juices
As said the genetics does not decide your whole personality. The evironment in which you lives affects your personality as much as your genes. This means that you with a very high probablity not will be an exact copy of your twin.
| Bryan_Bezzle wrote: | ||
A tube and some juices |
Genetically, a clone has only one parent - the person from whom the nucleus of a cell was taken to create the clone.
In fact the person will also have some DNA from the mitochondria in the egg into which the nucleus was inserted (the mitochondria are little bits within the cell that produce energy).
So a clone still has two genetic 'parents' - but in not quite the normal way!
If the egg is implanted in someone who is not the donor of the egg or the nucleus, then in some way the person who carried the embryo to term might also be considered the mother in some sense, although it is the people who supplied the genetic material who are normally considered to be the real parents.
| Bikerman wrote: |
| The simplest way to answer the question is to look at indentical twins. They are, in a very real sense, clones. There appears to be some evidence that such twins share feelings and thoughts to a much greater degree than most people but they are certainly not 'the same people'. |
That is true, but some of the stories of identical twins that have been separated while growing up have shown startling similarities between the two twins. Once case I can remember had both of them becoming firemen, both marrying women with the same name, and several other odd similarities.
| biljap wrote: |
| Who are parents of a clone? |
As has been pointed out, there are several meanings of the word "parent". The most common is "biological" or "genetic" parent. I came to a somewhat odd conclusion about that: The genetic parents of the clone would be the genetic parents of the original person. That is what genetic testing would show, and it seems to be the only definition that holds up.
That would be a serious de-socializing element for a cloned person, because those parents may have no interest or even knowledge of the cloned person, and possibly may have died generations ago. Indidentally, I don't think a cloned person should ever be referred to merely as a "clone". Such a person would be carrying enough emotional baggage already without our adding to it.
As pointed out, some of the genetic properties come from the mitochondria. That distinction is important in genetic science, but probably has minimal impact on the individual. The person cloned should NOT be considered a parent of the cloned person, but a sibling or a twin. We should probably consider the egg donor, the birth mother, and later primary care givers to also have parenting roles.
^Or you could just look at it as a clone having a single parent: the genetic donor.
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