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Post number 3066

raedyn — Wed, 30 Aug 2000 21:57:50 -0800

By: capt.crackpipe

capt.crackpipe — Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:36:56 -0800

Harper's August issue (the one with the "Eggers Rant") has a British poet/waitress' patent application for her DNA. It's billiant. This is the point where technology and philosophy collide. How do we qualitatively define self when it's been quantitated? Are you more than your DNA? Will the business and governement worlds care?

By: karaleah

karaleah — Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:11:56 -0800

What happens if a twin copyrights his own DNA before the other twin gets to it? Does that mean that the non-copyrighted twin (who was BORN with his own DNA) can't clone himself without paying his twin? That's kinda crummy. I'd sue my parents for taking all that Clomid, if I were in that situation.