blog 26

In my last blog, I discussed and defined human cloning and the possibilities that the science in that area is heading towards.  Scientific advancement of cloning has future potential of relating in many ways to the dollhouse technology.  A combination of the two types of cloning that has already been made possible, would allow for the cloning of person into an identical genetic copy.  Then, the original tissue donor or client would just need their memories, personality, etc., programmed into the brain of the clone.  The technology does not yet exist but who’s to say that it won’t be possible a few years down the road.  The dollhouse technology allowed for the imprinting of memories and personality into a ‘blank’ body.  I don’t think that this technology that far fetched for development in the future.  The Rossum Corporation consisted of powerful men that lacked good ethics and were very susceptible to corruption.  They had other motives of using the technology to take over governments and also to take over other people’s bodies.  They immortalized themselves by imprinting themselves into different younger or healthier bodies.  The technology became easily accessible and eventually people began stealing other people’s bodies which all led to the downfall of civilization into a post-apocalyptical world.  The episode “Epitaph One” shows an extreme version of the possible consequences of such unregulated technology and what could happen if it is misused or falls into the wrong hands.  With human cloning potential so similar to the dollhouse technology, not being prepared for the implications could be disastrous.