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Sadia Mahzabin Science 12/4/10 __To Clone or Not to Clone…__ Cloning isn’t the greatest idea in the world. Like all people, clones won’t always come out to be perfect. There will be defaults and side effects. You don’t even know if your clone might even take over your life. Coming out of sciences fiction, cloning can be a problem in the rear end. Cloning has its benefits and consequences. Cloning has some benefits. Cloning can help you get out of trouble (i.e. work, chores, and school). For example, a wife would give a list of chores to the husband to do for the day. The husband would either do the chores or get a clone while he watches the football game. Another example is a mad scientist would probably do it for a crazy good national/international award. Stepping out of that line of science fiction and in to some facts. Cloning is amazing when you bring back dead relatives or rock stars. According to [] they state,” Another positive is that you can clone organs so that people can live longer.” If that doesn’t cause a population to storm like the industrial revolution I don’t know what will. Anyways, another fact to build up cloning to be positive is from [] states that,”  Therapeutic cloning is a process that specifies the use of cloning stem cells for the treatment of an illness or disability.” The way that works is by cloning cells of a healthy human and placing them in a sick or immobile patient. One last reason that cloning is a positive idea is that it helps extinct animals from being extinct. With that idea in mind no wonder people want more of those so called cuter animals. Cloning has some negative effects. Now just don’t focus on the positives because just like face lifts, there is always a bad side. From [|http://www.epj.k12.sd.us/staff/mocklers/clone /kayla.htm]  says,”  If there were one thousand people they would get confusing because they would all look alike.” That story wouldn’t have a nice ending to it. Another reason to negatives of cloning is that,” human cloning, all human beings will be identical. Which means that entire human is at a risk of getting infected by the same type of pathogen. In scientific point of view, if everyone has the same type of genes and they are closed to each other they may not defend against the same kind of serious disease. Then cloning will be detrimental in terms of a great disaster.” Quoted from, []. So basically if my identity was stolen and every person on this was identical I would probably end up my blaming my aunt, without even knowing. This factor also questions the term, “Be yourself” or “know who you are.” How can I be myself if there are over one billion of ME’s? Last but not the least the last reason why cloning can be a negative effect. “The clone may even be better than his original host.” In other words you may not have the same life as your clone. If you wanted a job and your clone might get it before you even get there. Plus if your clone is better at everything you can do times ten, you might just end up insecure and depressed. So basically your clone stole your life and you’re left with no face. In conclusion, I wouldn’t clone myself at all. My parents are already having a tuff time with just one of me around, but if there was two of me around it would drive them crazy. Having a life basically means to me is that, you have to deal with life’s expectations and surprises. So why would I want some copycat to do what I want to do in life. So in my strong opinion, I say that cloning is a really bad negative.