Re: MEDICINE: parthenogenesis path to stem cells

From: jeff davis (jrd1415@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 14:38:21 MST


Extropes,

--- Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
> And this also have the truly annoying effect of
> making people ask dangerous questions about virgin
> births and so on. No doubt that is going to cause
> reactions among certain christians.

Barring special interventions, it would seem that a
parthenogenetic birth would produce only females.
This would make Christ a women. A bearded woman,
posing as a man.

'Reactions' indeed!

Best, Jeff Davis

"Enjoying being insulting is a youthful corruption of
power. You lose your taste for it when you realize how
hard people try, how much they mind, and how long they
remember."
                  Martin Amis

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