Re: Hawking on Cloning

Anders Sandberg (nv91-asa@nada.kth.se)
Mon, 24 Mar 1997 19:45:04 +0100 (MET)


On Mon, 24 Mar 1997, Thom Quinn wrote:

> What about altering just a few of the Hawkings clone's genes so he does
> not develop the disease that has crippled his body?

The interesting question is of course if he would have become the
world-class physicist he is today without his illness. It may have forced
him into theoretical physics.

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