I'm surprised this isn't bigger news. Viable eggs and sperm from stem cells would allow a lot of people who currently can't have children to reproduce. You'd think gay couples would be overjoyed.
I'm thinking that we should create a superbaby with Abe Lincoln as the father and Marilyn Monroe as the mother. Or maybe we can cross Tesla and Einstein? Or make a clone army of Schwarzenegger / Teddy Roosevelts?
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Now, all we need is artificial wombs, and females will no longer be a necessary evil.
Join us in our quest to politically secure a woman-free future.
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Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
They look too nice to be unnecessary. Programmable women on the other hand...
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Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: Now, all we need is artificial wombs, and females will no longer be a necessary evil.
Join us in our quest to politically secure a woman-free future.
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If anything, this renders men obsolete first.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer:
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: Now, all we need is artificial wombs, and females will no longer be a necessary evil.
Join us in our quest to politically secure a woman-free future.
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If anything, this renders men obsolete first.
Yep. Though I suspect men and women will still engage in sex and *gasp* sometimes unprotected!
Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :
Creating Eggs from stem cells--no big deal.
Creating BACON from stem cells--now that is SCIENCE!
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
quote:Originally posted by Darth_Mauve: Creating Eggs from stem cells--no big deal.
Creating BACON from stem cells--now that is SCIENCE!
Would synthetic bacon be kosher?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Depends what it was synthesized from.
Posted by Aros (Member # 4873) on :
Couldn't you just engineer the pigs without hooves?
Posted by Marlozhan (Member # 2422) on :
My wife and I wanted to have kids of our own, but she had to have her uterus removed. She still has ovaries, but she is very allergic to any hormone treatment, so trying to harvest an egg to implant in a surrogate mother isn't really an option, either.
This new technology sounds viable, though it would probably be too late before it is ready for humans, if it ever works on humans.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aros: Couldn't you just engineer the pigs without hooves?
Doubtful. Also, why would that help?
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Originally posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer:
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: Now, all we need is artificial wombs, and females will no longer be a necessary evil.
Join us in our quest to politically secure a woman-free future.
Sausage Party '16
If anything, this renders men obsolete first.
That's impossible. If men were first up to be obsolete, why do we make more money?
Posted by Aros (Member # 4873) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by Aros: Couldn't you just engineer the pigs without hooves?
Doubtful. Also, why would that help?
Oh, I thought it was the hooves that did it. It's the lack of cud-chewing. Learn something every day!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I thought it was funny.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It is, but that's because it is reminiscent of "let's start by assuming a spherical cow" jokes.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aros: Oh, I thought it was the hooves that did it. It's the lack of cud-chewing.
Cows are kosher. Pigs are not. Deduce. Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
what if a pig was evolved by stem cells to become sapient, acquired language, and of its own volition declared that it wished to convert to judaism
Posted by RivalOfTheRose (Member # 11535) on :
Thought:
1. Imagine all babies were made this way in the future.
2. All humans would be spayed and neutered.
3. Let the fun begin!
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
quote: what if a pig was evolved by stem cells to become sapient, acquired language, and of its own volition declared that it wished to convert to judaism
As long as it wasn't a cannibal?
There were some pigs who ate a farmer the other day, so I'd say they're already out for revenge.
Posted by Parkour (Member # 12078) on :
quote:Originally posted by RivalOfTheRose: Thought:
1. Imagine all babies were made this way in the future.
2. All humans would be spayed and neutered.
3. Let the fun begin!
We may end up spayed and neutered anyway.
Posted by DDDaysh (Member # 9499) on :
I think this is very interesting actually. It's a bit scary, but could be really awesome in some ways.
So that then begs the question, if two men can now reproduce, is gay marriage still immoral?
Posted by Slavim (Member # 12546) on :
quote:Originally posted by DDDaysh: I think this is very interesting actually. It's a bit scary, but could be really awesome in some ways.
So that then begs the question, if two men can now reproduce, is gay marriage still immoral?
You'd still need a female cell with two X chromosomes to make an egg cell.
Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
Sperm carry either an Y or an X, so (as far as little old I know) all you need is two female sperm and you have a female zygote (using this new technology, obviously).
Also, female eggs don't have two X chromosomes, they have but the one.
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