General Science Discussion Thread!

[ernesth100]

But its a breakthrough we can plant vegetables live of vegetable as we breed animals and plant trees which will convert carbon dioxide into oxygen for us to breath!

 

[banjonator1]

Europa, yes. But we already have plenty of water here! That's no good for making money.

...unless I started a business selling people Europan water that was exactly the same as Earth water. They'll just by it because SPACE

Oh, the 20's. You do so make me cry.

http://www.periodictable.com/Items/090.8/index.html

 

[DragonFreak]

That is so quack.

 

[Shyghoul]

what's a forbidden science

 

[ernesth100]

Something in science that is forbidden to do. Like cloning humans cause its playing god.

 

[Mario4Ever]

That's not why cloning is banned. We "play God" all the time. Aside from perceived ethical and moral issues, we don't understand the effects of cloning well enough to safely experiment with it (at least I believe that's the reason).

 

[ernesth100]

But what could possibly go wrong. We clone animals...right? cloned sheep are real right?

 

[Anton]

A lot less people care when you fuck up and destroy some sheep embryos than when you obliterate some human embryos. Things don't work perfectly on the first try and there will be mistakes.

 

[ernesth100]

I dont know what if they do make a mistake but it results in the clone being better than the original.

 

[Dr. Javelin]

...or it could result it messing up someone's life forever.

 

[Anton]

Perhaps someone should consult basic wikipedia and google search results before asking questions. It helps with discussions, with the added bonus of not getting your information from overly-opinionated and misinformed 16-year olds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_cloning

 

[ernesth100]

Yea, there's that but the person wouldnt agree unless he/she was prepared for the worst.