Posted 1st January 1970
Prejudice in science fiction
CALL THE ACLU!!!
Seriously, I think there’s somthing about exact copy’s of a person (even if personality isn’t the same) that creeps people out. Look how the American public reacted to Dolly, and how people obsess with identical twins (nature’s clones).
A clone threatens our sense of individuality, yet offers a feeling of certain immortality, a kind that religion can’t provide. So there’s a bit of a love/hate relationship going on here.
(Of course a clone of you is unlikely to have your personality, but I’m talking about Americans, the world’s leader in public grasp of science [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img])