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cloning
cloning seems so cool! i have a few questions.
(1) can a human clone reproduce?
(2) does a human clone have a mind? can they think for themselves?
(3) when you first make the clone, they have the mindset of a baby, right? they don't know anything / they can't do anything?
(4) do they have feelings?
(5) are they capable of the same things as a real human? do they learn any slower?
thanks!
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Today's cloning technology would create a twin of the cloned person. The clone and cloned person would look similar, but not identical. The clone would develop like a normal human, and wouldn't age especially fast (they would start as an embryo, then a fetus, then be born, etc.). So unlike real twins, the clone and cloned person would always be of different real and apparent ages. We don't have any way with current technology to transfer thoughts or memories, and they are not stored in DNA, so clones wouldn't have any of the cloned person's memories.
A clone will not inherently have any of the problems you describe. However, cloning isn't very reliable, and today's cloning technology will surely result in problems. The clone will probably not survive very long, and they might have terrible and multiple genetic conditions. That's one of the reasons why a human clone has never been attempted. There are no laboratory-created clones in existence.
The type of clone depicted in science fiction is speculative, and not possible with today's technology. If that type of cloning ever becomes possible, it will be through a combination of technologies, and far in the future.
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There has yet to be any artificial human clones.
This world is plagued with natural human clones, but you already know that, and that isn't who you want to base your research/fascination on.
These questions can't be answered as thoroughly and as correctly as you want because, until artificial human clones come about, there is no way to know for sure.
There are a few people who have claimed to have successfully cloned humans, but none of them have been proven. The most recent was in 2004 when some many said he created 13 clones but he can't reveal them to protect their identity (understandable, but this same man has 'cried wolf' already, so how would we really know?)
If you were to google "human clones", you could find out a whole lot.
The only "true" clone we've ever really had (that I can remember) is Dolly, the sheep. I'm pretty sure she only survived for 6 years, though. I just remember learning a lot about her when I was in juinior high, probably about 5 or 6 years ago.
Anyway, like I said earlier, just google it.
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