Re: LIFESCIENCE: The Clone Age : Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology

["Prof. Dr. Birgit Richard" <B.Richard@kunst.uni-frankfurt.de>]

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David Washington schrieb:

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> Well, the "ArtMarket" would have you "Think" that they are the framework
> into which art must be defined.
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no that4s not the point in long run art market will even get the artist that
have thought to be independant and work in fields they think art market will
not reach?

> I agree, it would be interesting to see how much the clone would allow a
> person to reflect on themselves.

but what about the problem of the clone getting out of control i mean not that
the clon individualizes in its development, like in contemporary films? it is a
lifeform like Eduardo kac said in his statement

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> For example, people might clone copies just to contemplate?

difficult for me to imagine and for me art is not just for contemplating but
showing alternative views of the world

> Some faction's of buddhist thought hold that the brain is a kind of very
> complex tunner, with alot of signal overlapp, one has to wonder how much of
> the persona/ego would be therefore be reflected in the clone?

not very much i suppose, it is utopian to think of an identical replication of
an individuals mind, moravec is wrong at that point

greetings
b.richard
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