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Castle Courtyard => Liar's Bench aka... Pickle Barrel => Topic started by: Goose on August 10, 2008, 09:17:57 AM

Title: Just a thought.
Post by: Goose on August 10, 2008, 09:17:57 AM

Last night a thought came to me. If a man and a woman were cloned from the same source, and they got married, would there be any disagreements (or arguments) during their marriage? Hmmmm.

Title: Re: Just a thought.
Post by: KurtS on August 10, 2008, 09:38:54 AM

Yes, the immune system would attack its host.  ;D

Title: Re: Just a thought.
Post by: ElleKitty on August 10, 2008, 09:39:53 AM

I had two thoughts on this one.  First one, probably shouldn't share. ^^;;

Second one...  "he's -your- son!" 

Title: Re: Just a thought.
Post by: Sap on August 10, 2008, 08:46:52 PM

Quote from: Goose on August 10, 2008, 09:17:57 AM

...If a man and a woman were cloned from the same source...

To quote the Mythbusters, "There's your problem."  ;D

A clone is always genetically identical to it's "parent", including gender. You can't get clones of both genders from a single source without some serious genetic engineering, just like you can't get "identical twins" of different genders.

Assuming this difficulty could be overcome, you've then got the issue of nature versus nurture. Even identical twins wind up with different personalities, because of their different experiences as they grow up. This would be even more pronounced if the cloned "twins" were different genders. And it's differences in personality that cause most marital disagreements.

Or so I'm told... not being married myself. :-[