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Freensleazy
65 / male
State of Confusion, Pennsylvania, US
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Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
Just saw on the news that some dentist paid $31,000 for an old tooth that was extracted from John Lennon so that he can extract his DNA for purposes of cloning him. Is that really necessary?
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| August 23, 2013, 12:27 |
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JenTX
47 / female
East, Texas, US
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
It's actually kind of scary. It seems to me that the purpose of that would be to have another John Lennon.
Since we are the result of not only our dna but also the sum total of our experiences and how we reacted to them, the expectation that any of us could be recreated, is laughable.
But when you get into the practicalities of it. What is going to have to happen to this poor kid that never asked for this to become the new John Lennon? A clone would still be a person. And with the amount of pressure that would come with being the clone of someone as famous as he, wouldn't it be more likely for the clone to shy away from music entirely?
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| August 23, 2013, 16:43 |
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Freensleazy
65 / male
State of Confusion, Pennsylvania, US
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
Excellent point Jen. I'm obviously no scientist, but if they did clone him, I dont know if his talent could be cloned.
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| August 23, 2013, 17:01 |
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JenTX
47 / female
East, Texas, US
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
Honey, I'm no scientist. I've been a stay at home mom for the most part. But I have that insatiable need to know why. And a thing for science fiction. lol Yep, I'm a total nerd.
It seems to me that our genes, our dna, simply holds a predisposition to be one way or another. Our trials and triumphs are what guide us to become what we are. But that's the nature vs. nurture debate and could probably use it's own thread...
Umm who is John Lennon anyway?
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| August 23, 2013, 17:31 |
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Freensleazy
65 / male
State of Confusion, Pennsylvania, US
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Re: Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
QUOTE (JenTX @ August 23, 2013, 17:31)Honey, I'm no scientist. I've been a stay at home mom for the most part. But I have that insatiable need to know why. And a thing for science fiction. lol Yep, I'm a total nerd.
It seems to me that our genes, our dna, simply holds a predisposition to be one way or another. Our trials and triumphs are what guide us to become what we are. But that's the nature vs. nurture debate and could probably use it's own thread...
Umm who is John Lennon anyway?
GRRRR!
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| August 23, 2013, 17:38 |
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JenTX
47 / female
East, Texas, US
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Re: Re: Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
QUOTE (Freensleazy @ August 23, 2013, 17:38) QUOTE (JenTX @ August 23, 2013, 17:31)Honey, I'm no scientist. I've been a stay at home mom for the most part. But I have that insatiable need to know why. And a thing for science fiction. lol Yep, I'm a total nerd.
It seems to me that our genes, our dna, simply holds a predisposition to be one way or another. Our trials and triumphs are what guide us to become what we are. But that's the nature vs. nurture debate and could probably use it's own thread...
Umm who is John Lennon anyway?
GRRRR!
Growling? In public? How naughty.
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| August 23, 2013, 17:43 |
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Re: Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
QUOTE (JenTX @ August 23, 2013, 17:31)Honey, I'm no scientist. I've been a stay at home mom for the most part. But I have that insatiable need to know why. And a thing for science fiction. lol Yep, I'm a total nerd.
It seems to me that our genes, our dna, simply holds a predisposition to be one way or another. Our trials and triumphs are what guide us to become what we are. But that's the nature vs. nurture debate and could probably use it's own thread...
Umm who is John Lennon anyway?
wasn't he part of the Beagles? with Dingo Start, Raul McFartney, and Georgia Haroldsen? 
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| August 24, 2013, 02:48 |
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
Yeah, they're all old fossils anyway...it's just a "Jurassic Park" rip off
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| August 24, 2013, 19:06 |
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Re: Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
QUOTE (Chazzy @ August 24, 2013, 19:06)Yeah, they're all old fossils anyway...it's just a "Jurassic Park" rip off
didn't Abbey Road lead to Jurassic Park? or maybe, since it was on an island, they took a Yellow Submarine to get there?
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| August 25, 2013, 03:39 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
they might be able to bring him body and soul, but his knowledge is a life long thing , his experience.. i dont think it would be the same
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| August 25, 2013, 05:19 |
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GG317
60 / male
Bowl of Granola, Massachusetts, US
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
Why did I just get a flashback of Jurassic Park meets the Beatles in an Adult Swim sort of way?...  
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| August 25, 2013, 08:59 |
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Re: Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
QUOTE (GG317 @ August 25, 2013, 08:59)Why did I just get a flashback of Jurassic Park meets the Beatles in an Adult Swim sort of way?...
is that the sequel to "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park"?
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| August 25, 2013, 18:15 |
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sybianwatcher1
49 / male
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
Wouldn't time be better spent cloning sayyyyyyyy.....Shinia Twain ?....and who would really care if she could sing ?
I'd take two copies.
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| August 25, 2013, 23:12 |
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ashkats
65 / couple
crystal falls, Michigan, US
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Re: Cloning Lennon?? WTF??
wait next will be mikey jackson...
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| August 27, 2013, 03:44 |
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