Some Congressman is always making news with an effort to ban human cloning, and there is a new proposal which would ban not only national-government funding of cloning, but would make it a crime altogether. Dr. Dean Edell noted his objections on his national radio show last week. All sorts of irrational fears have come to light. The pundits need to calm down.
Scientists aren t all Frankensteins.
Further, as if it were to happen tomorrow that we could make sure our babies are smart, smart people are good for us. Along with the scientists, smart people like Bill Gates are good for everything from buying opera tickets online to improving the dissemination of new surgical advances. Unless statist laws make it possible, smart people can t hurt dumb people, but they do make life better for everyone. Another complaint is that the cloned will live odd lives. You ll have rich old ladies cloning their dead husbands and sons, and imagine the odd expectations those clones will encounter.