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Civilian for Cloning
What's the big deal? Nature's already full of clones - your doctor says that you and your
twin sister are a form of cloning, and there's nothing particularly bizarre or frightening
about the two of you! Doesn't it come down to the Nature vs. Nurture debate - that individuals
are shaped both by their genetic heritage and by the environment? You don't really understand
all the stuff about how a clone is actually developed (even though you did take Geology 115
and another really good science course when an undergrad at Colgate), but if scientists are
telling us that dinosaurs can be genetically engineered, what's the big scare? What could
be cooler than visiting an outdoor theme park and watching dinosaurs do their thing! They've
got to be the biggest, baddest beasts that ever walked the Earth. Science fiction and
cyber-recreations just don't do it anymore - so 2010s; this will be the REAL thing. But
bottom line, the one thing you learned at Colgate is to dream big and pursue your passions.
Everyone said: "take the time to figure out if you could be absolutely one thing just for
a day, what would you be? - and then Go.Do.It!" Hmmm…would you be an astronaut? A cowboy
on the rodeo circuit? A circus clown? Wow, won't your fellow Colgate alums be impressed
to hear what career you've pursued and why that allows you to speak on behalf of the cloned
dinosaurs. Everyone seems to be worried about science unleashing uncontrollable, violent
forces into society, but does anyone need to be reminded of what we humans already deal with???
Hasn't anyone thought about all of the real benefits that a person like me, a non-scientist
pursuing a really fun life after Colgate, would experience from cloned dinosaurs? Scientific
research on cloning isn't necessarily a bad thing, we just have to be careful about….well, about
what, exactly? What the heck is wrong with giving dinos a second chance at re-inhabiting planet
Earth while providing some enjoyment and benefit to humankind. Sounds like a pretty fair deal!
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