Have any of you sat down and thought about the possibility's of having this kind of clone technology? Here are some I've thought of.

World leaders, politicians and the rich could have clones in case they were assassinated.

People could be immortal, have a clone for when you were 30, then when you die at the age of 80 or when ever you are put back into your 30 year old body.

Life insurance would be obsolete!

This is just kind of a fun little thread since it's in the General Discussions I thought it belonged here. Kinda a break from all the beta talk, and just get back to... lore I guess you could say. Have fun with topic!

Have any of you sat down and thought about the possibility's of having this kind of clone technology? Here are some I've thought of.

World leaders, politicians and the rich could have clones in case they were assassinated.

People could be immortal, have a clone for when you were 30, then when you die at the age of 80 or when ever you are put back into your 30 year old body.

Life insurance would be obsolete!

This is just kind of a fun little thread since it's in the General Discussions I thought it belonged here. Kinda a break from all the beta talk, and just get back to... lore I guess you could say. Have fun with topic!

Have any of you sat down and thought about the possibility's of having this kind of clone technology? Here are some I've thought of.

World leaders, politicians and the rich could have clones in case they were assassinated.

People could be immortal, have a clone for when you were 30, then when you die at the age of 80 or when ever you are put back into your 30 year old body.

Life insurance would be obsolete!

This is just kind of a fun little thread since it's in the General Discussions I thought it belonged here. Kinda a break from all the beta talk, and just get back to... lore I guess you could say. Have fun with topic!

lol this is just dumb.
you can copy your mind to a clone.
it dont make it you, its a copy that has your memorys.
who really cares if there is a copy of you around after you die.

Or is it?
What makes us, well, us? Is it our brain? If so, why not take the brain and implant it a 18 year old clone of yourself every time you turn say, 60.

And also, what if you're the leader of a giant corporation or the head of a nation, or just someone really important and all of a sudden you just die. If your clone (Not you, but a replica with your memories exists) aren't you technically still existing, still carrying on your role?

lol yes it is the reason is the the main nerve that runs you involuntary body functions can not be rejoined.
heart wont beat, lungs wont breath.

No one who plays EVE ever gets around to think about the implications of such lame technology.

lol

And I'd have an 8 y.o. girl clone and use it to mess with people.

It'd unfortunately probably only be reserved for the rich.

If we're on about the real life possibilities, then yes, I've pondered it a lot.
It's one of the reasons I'm studying Biology, that and prosthetics.

One of the questions I ask myself a lot (and a few buds of mine) is if we ever reached a stage of cheap cloning for everyone, how would it affect us? Think of this, if our world is heavily populated now and we had the ability to stop death through cloning, our population would be much greater, so we would probably ban having children or create infertile clones so that we could never have children through normal means.

Whilst that is a sad note, imagine being able to live forever. I believe this would be a wonderful thing, the ability to travel the universe forever would be something I'd do, the ability to become a better person through experience and knowledge, learning something new everyday til the end of the universe itself is something I wish I could do.

Who knows, maybe we have the possibility? I mean, it was only a few years ago people watched things like Star Trek, awed by their little communication devices and well, look what we have now.. mobiles, everywhere. The Sci-Fi genre in television and gaming helps inspire us and eventually we'll probably get there.

Anybody ever seen Multiplicity??
I'd just clone Michael Keaton a load of times....let the
mayhem ensue!

One can assume that when reaching that level in biotechnology, hunger and space management wouldn't be a problem at all.

in regard to if the clone would still be you, no. you have one life to live. while your brain and emotions and stuff can be transfered to your clone through scanning tech, your soul is already gone. you are not really there anymore. theoreticaly, your clone would just stand there, staring at anyone who walks in front of it.

lol this is just dumb.
you can copy your mind to a clone.
it dont make it you, its a copy that has your memories.
who really cares if there is a copy of you around after you die.

Copying the state of a brain, and recreating that state in a clone or a computer is theoretically possible. This kind of immortality will likely be only available for the rich at first.

As technology progresses, things become easier and cheaper to manufacture or perform. In the distant future self replicating molecular nanomachines will be able to manufacture anything and everything we want or need, even without the proper raw materials since they will be able to convert anything to the material they need through molecular and subatomic manipulation. This abundance will lead to currency being obsolete, and concepts of wealth and poverty may become meaningless; I suppose then all humans could gain access to immortality technology, but we might wipe ourselves out, or knock ourselves back to the stone age before we reach that point.

If everyone could have access to immortality, then strict reproduction limits would be required, as well as some colonies on new habitable planets.

lol this is just dumb.
you can copy your mind to a clone.
it dont make it you, its a copy that has your memorys.
who really cares if there is a copy of you around after you die.

If we're on about the real life possibilities, then yes, I've pondered it a lot.
It's one of the reasons I'm studying Biology, that and prosthetics.

One of the questions I ask myself a lot (and a few buds of mine) is if we ever reached a stage of cheap cloning for everyone, how would it affect us? Think of this, if our world is heavily populated now and we had the ability to stop death through cloning, our population would be much greater, so we would probably ban having children or create infertile clones so that we could never have children through normal means.

Whilst that is a sad note, imagine being able to live forever. I believe this would be a wonderful thing, the ability to travel the universe forever would be something I'd do, the ability to become a better person through experience and knowledge, learning something new everyday til the end of the universe itself is something I wish I could do.

Who knows, maybe we have the possibility? I mean, it was only a few years ago people watched things like Star Trek, awed by their little communication devices and well, look what we have now.. mobiles, everywhere. The Sci-Fi genre in television and gaming helps inspire us and eventually we'll probably get there.

Wait, what? Why would it do that?

I recently read book called "Old Man's War". In it they gave old folks the option of transferring their mind into a super soldier clone instead of eventual death. What they did was hook some kind of link between the clone and original brain so the consciousness existed between both bodies at the same time for a minute or so, then the original would be "shut down", leaving the clone.

This could be a solution to the whole "die every time you use your clone" thing, but it's pretty hard to imagine existing in two bodies as one mind.

It'd unfortunately probably only be reserved for the rich.

then there is always the Grey Goo scenario with that

1. You are assuming that at this stage of technological development (perfecting cloning technology) we are still stuck on this planet and our space program has barely sent anyone back to the moon. I'm confident that by then we will have already colonized the moon and Mars. Thus allowing the population to safely grow until we have no choice but to advance further to other stars.

2. I wouldn't imagine living forever in a materialistic universe. Being a spiritual person myself (Gnostic) I would rather live forever through the spirit that needs nothing than through the body that needs something. But that's a topic reserved for another kind of forum as I don't want to start a debate about that here. For the record, in case anyone asks, I'm NOT the kind of person who shoves religion down anyone's throat.

3. I remember watching the Stargate: SG-1 series (I own almost all ten seasons on DVD) and see the Asgard use cloning technology as their only means of keeping their race alive after they somehow lost their reproductive abilities. Sadly, they committed mass suicide once the cloning process could not be fixed and their remaining clone reserves were too degenerated for continued use. Humans then inherited their technology and all their knowledge and works in the hopes that Humans would learn a harsh lesson from this. I will miss you all, little grey men.