Re: Hawking on cloning

Ben Jackson (benjack@cycor.ca)
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 16:41:34 -0400 (AST)


>On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Michael Lorrey wrote:

>It's too bad I don't believe genius is genetic, otherwise it might be
>interesting to clone him... (raises some fun ethical problems too).

What arguements do you have to support the view that genius is not genetic?
My immediate reaction would be to agree but/and I'm interested in hearing
your reasons.

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case: benjack@cycor.ca)
Evan Esce, benjack@cycor.ca (aka Ben Jackson)

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