blog 15:

I read another article about human cloning. The article is titled, Psychological aspects of human cloning and genetic manipulation: the identity and uniqueness of human beings by Nestor Micheli Morales.  Through all my research, I have found that human cloning is probably the most controversial topic and can be related the best to the technology in Dollhouse.  Dollhouse technology’s main ethical problem is that it is performed on human beings, which is also the case when it comes to human cloning.  In early theories about human cloning as well as media the way the media depicts it, the clone would be genetically identical as well as share personality qualities.  I find this to be an interesting link because the mind imprinting technology gives the active an imprinted personality of a different person, whom could in theory, still be alive and then you would have a mind clone.  Wrap your mind around that for a minute.  The article I read, however, doesn’t focus on the ethics of cloning but the psychological aspects.  It says that human cloning is inevitable in the future so the healthcare system needs to be prepared to preparing parents how to handle cloned babies.  The author argues that cloning cannot hinder uniqueness of the individual.  Despite complete genetic sameness, a cloned person will develop their own personality and uniqueness based on environmental stimuli.  Most of the author’s data and conclusions are based on studies done on the identical twins in this area.  I personally believe that eventually with a better understanding of the human brain that programming a clone to have the same brain structure could allow for an almost identical personality and decision-making process.  I agree with the author that based on environmental interaction, the clone would develop and retain his or her own uniqueness.