Cloning

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That is, if you can deliberately make any number of copies of an
individual, is each one special? How special can clones feel, knowing they were
replicated like smile buttons. "We aren't just our genes, we're a whole
collection of our experiences," says Albert Jonsen. But the idea, he adds,
raises a host of issues, "from the fantastic to the profound."

When anesthesia was discovered in the 19th century, there was a speculation that
it would rob humans of the transforming experience of suffering. When three
decades ago, James Watson and Francis Crick unraveled the genetic code, popular
discussion turned not to the new hope for vanquishing disease but to the specter
of genetically engineered races of supermen and worker drones. Later, the
arrival of organ transplants set people brooding about a world of clanking
Frankensteins, welded together made from used parts.

Already there are thousands of frozen embryos sitting in liquid nitrogen storage
around the country. ...

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