tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post6425004306738379307..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: “Speculative and fanciful”, but haven’t ruled it outTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-2322408411611997562016-09-14T17:40:50.593-04:002016-09-14T17:40:50.593-04:00So, if we can make babies from two men (forget the...So, if we can make babies from two men (forget the gay part, it's a diversion), or one man alone, then what do we need women for? Non-reproductive sexual pleasure? Nope. By the time this technology matures the fembots (all tens, or nines for the budget conscious) will be sufficiently advanced as to eliminate the need for human partners. Nurturing the children and bring the feminine touch to our society? Nope. That's what the gays are for. Sammiches? Nope. Automation will take care of that. I'm at a loss as to any other necessities.<br /><br />You've had a nice run, girls but you can't stop progress. Sayonara, Synova.Rabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612585516401001803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-62202373700128796852016-09-14T17:03:01.525-04:002016-09-14T17:03:01.525-04:00Not likely much different from cloning in that it ...Not likely much different from cloning in that it first requires a fertilized egg which has the nucleus removed and the new genetic material inserted.<br /><br />I've no problem at all, really, with clones or with two women or two men or a host of various people or even, you know, a chimera being created EXCEPT when it requires the creation of a new life, even just a *conception* and then death of that genetic combination in order to get a warm and happy egg for the new person to grow within.<br /><br />Making a new growing embryo is only possible by treating the product as a lab material, and what is created from it after keeping the part you needed, as more lab material, etc., etc., toss the extras and discards, and then somehow have a point at which it magically becomes human reproduction? <br /><br />I've read too much science fiction to be horrified by the idea of what we might someday be able to do, and read far too much science fiction to believe that we could ever navigate defining *this* set of living human cells as disposable lab materials and *that* set of living human cells as important without heading down some very dark roads.Synovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08847332951003574459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-69751525994070808872016-09-14T16:52:13.277-04:002016-09-14T16:52:13.277-04:00So I guess a Tranny could now be both mother and f...So I guess a Tranny could now be both mother and father? I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-22223799189039538552016-09-14T15:05:17.166-04:002016-09-14T15:05:17.166-04:00Some people have too much time on their hands.Some people have too much time on their hands.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.com