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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·2 days agoTrue, but only due to current technology. With an artificial womb it would eventually develop into a person, unlike, say, an organ.
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoI mean, with cloning technology any cells could develop into a person. Doesn’t mean we should count my hand as a separate living thing.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·2 days agoA fetus is considerably further along than just a random cell. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to make a distinction there.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoIt is unreasonable, because the difference between a single cell and a fetus is a laughable 9 weeks.
minus-squareinsanemantis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoSo is a sperm or an egg. Definitely not just random cells, but also definitely not people
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoA hand is also further along than a random cell. I don’t see the distinction as significant, if we’re already handwaving the details to the “future technology”
True, but only due to current technology. With an artificial womb it would eventually develop into a person, unlike, say, an organ.
I mean, with cloning technology any cells could develop into a person. Doesn’t mean we should count my hand as a separate living thing.
A fetus is considerably further along than just a random cell. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to make a distinction there.
It is unreasonable, because the difference between a single cell and a fetus is a laughable 9 weeks.
So is a sperm or an egg. Definitely not just random cells, but also definitely not people
A hand is also further along than a random cell. I don’t see the distinction as significant, if we’re already handwaving the details to the “future technology”