Galileo's missing bit's found

DavidU (Dave) · #1 24-11-2009, 12:12 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/eu...ers/index.html

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #2 24-11-2009, 12:30 PM

Bizarre but interesting.

renormalised (Carl) · #3 24-11-2009, 12:33 PM

Macabre, but interesting.

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #4 24-11-2009, 12:55 PM

LOL@Carl

BerrieK · #5 24-11-2009, 01:14 PM

Hmmnnn... can you clone someone from their finger? Or their tooth?

If so, I wonder what Galileo would have to say about how far things have progressed since his time?

tlgerdes (Trevor) · #6 24-11-2009, 01:40 PM

Which is the stranger? Someone selling fingers and teeth in a jar at auction.......... or someone buying them?

Ric · #7 24-11-2009, 02:17 PM

Yep that's weird alright.

OzRob (Rob) · #8 24-11-2009, 02:38 PM

It ain't much weirder there having someone's ashes turned to a diamond and then wearing it in a ring. Certainly not my cup of tea.

LifeGem

multiweb (Marc) · #9 24-11-2009, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OzRob

It ain't much weirder there having someone's ashes turned to a diamond and then wearing it in a ring. Certainly not my cup of tea.

LifeGem

A ring's nice. You don't have to know where it comes from. It's just carbon. It's not like you walk around with a Jar of three fingers and one tooth. Who buys this in auctions anyway? And who sells it? The world is a weird place at times.

renormalised (Carl) · #10 24-11-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by BerrieK

Hmmnnn... can you clone someone from their finger? Or their tooth?

If so, I wonder what Galileo would have to say about how far things have progressed since his time?

Technically, you could. However, the person that you cloned may look like Galileo, but it wouldn't be Galileo. He'd be thoroughly modern in every respect. He'd have no knowledge of what his former self knew until he learned it at school (which would most likely not happen, these days).

DavidU (Dave) · #11 24-11-2009, 03:59 PM

You could offer his tooth back

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Originally Posted by renormalised

Technically, you could. However, the person that you cloned may look like Galileo, but it wouldn't be Galileo. He'd be thoroughly modern in every respect. He'd have no knowledge of what his former self knew until he learned it at school (which would most likely not happen, these days).

renormalised (Carl) · #12 24-11-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidU

You could offer his tooth back

Wisdom tooth

It may yet contain all the previous owner's knowledge!!!!