• Question: if you had a chance, would you clone yourself?

    Asked by bethelunssy to Amy, Drew, Julia, Kimberley, Sara on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by juliet.
    • Photo: Kimberley Bryon

      Kimberley Bryon answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      No, because I think the world could only handle one of me 😉 On a serious note though even if I could clone myself it wouldn’t be “me” as personality and appearance are a combination of both genetics and environment.

    • Photo: Amy MacQueen

      Amy MacQueen answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      No – one of me is WAY too much for anyone!!! 🙂

      but its interesting…too develop what Kimberley was saying…what really is “you” – is it just your body or is there more to you than that? what is your personality? your consciousness, self-awareness and ability to step outside yourself and analyse your own thoughts…is that clone-able? could we really make another “you”?

    • Photo: Julia Griffen

      Julia Griffen answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      hey beth… no i dont think I would..if i could have a robot or something to do all my chores… dont think i’d like to give myself more chores… and two of me would create more mess… I could get more work done tho…..

      Would you clone yourself?

    • Photo: Drew Rae

      Drew Rae answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Hi Bethelunssy. I don’t think making a clone of me would be very kind to the clone. I think they’d prefer pot-luck to being deliberately given my DNA. If I could upload my brain to a computer for permanent storage I would – just so that I could take hundreds of years of philosophical rambling and say “Nice job thinking hard about it guys – here’s a real experiment to answer the question. Science for the win!”

    • Photo: Sara Imari Walker

      Sara Imari Walker answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Hi again bethelunssy!! You are good at asking the deep questions! I think I would have to pass on the opportunity to clone myself. It just doesn’t sit right. I think most people might probably say that. I wonder if the answer changes if you ask people if they would clone a loved one? (of course keeping in mind that clones are not the identical person, in the same ways that twins are not the same exact person – they have different personalities shaped by their experiences).

      Would you clone yourself? How about someone else?

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