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BUT WHAT IS "HARM", AFTER ALL?
We have made a public promise
that the infant clones we create
will
not be
harmed.
That is true:
there is no physical abuse involved.
However, it occasionally becomes necessary to make certain modifications
to our
system. In the biological area especially, we are required to stretch our
definition of "harm" a little bit. For the purpose of science, we
occasionally inject one or both of the pair of clones with a certain
serum before sending them off to their respective
environments. This serum may contain:- What could possibly be an
intelligence booster.
- A possible cure for a certain disease.
- A
formula which might cause genetic change.
- A serum designed
to enhance or retard certain traits.
Then we see the effects of this
agent as the clones grow up. If we place both clones in the same family
and only one has had the treatment, we can observe if the agent has an
effect by seeing if the clones differ as they grow up. If both
receive the injection and are raised in different environments,
we can detect whether a given environment causes the injection
to take effect, to lie dormant, or to have different degrees of
effects. There are many other uses here. Sometimes both a within-study and
between-study project is undertaken with four instead of two clones: two
raised in separate environments, two together. The
possiblities are
endless.
Last Modified: 5/4/98
Wendy Elizabeth
Kemp