Cloning & Duplication: Me, Myself, and I

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

4.8 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Cloning people is a staple of science fiction, and now something science can do, but what are the future social and legal consequences of cloning, and can we learn to make fully grown clones or even duplicate our memories? Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/yyed8UDeLM8 Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/cloning-duplication Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/cloning-duplication-narration-only Credits: Me, Myself, and I: Cloning & Duplication Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Darius Said David Schultz Jerry Guern Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music by: Marcus Newton-Howes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners.
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0:24.3	Scientists may one day figure out how to duplicate a person, body, and mind.
0:29.2	No doubt the scientist who perfects the process will be beside himself with joy after he successfully tests it.
0:48.3	A staple of science fiction is the notion of copying or cloning living things. Today we'll take a look at what such technologies might actually produce in terms of new
0:53.3	opportunities and challenges
0:55.1	for humanity and for individuals, and indeed for the very concept of individuality.
1:01.7	We might as well start by saying that cloning gets used both to refer to outright duplication
1:06.4	of a person either as a full-grown copy or one with the same mind and memories too, as well
1:12.5	as in the sense of simply growing a new organism from the DNA of the original. The word itself,
1:18.2	clone, is Greek for twig, as in a small branch, and of course you can often take a twig,
1:24.0	plant it, and make a new tree from it, as opposed to a pollinated seed.
1:28.9	This is a new tree but of identical and singular origin, it hasn't got two parents.
1:35.1	We fairly recently learned how to do this with animals, including humans, and it's what
1:39.5	most often is being referred to as cloning.
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