chimeras and pregnancies
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tdj's mindfucking post on human chimeras, i.e. individuals whose cells come in 2 kinds as far as DNA is concerned. It's as if they were a blend of 2 different people. Furthermore, it seems most people are chimeras to some degree.
This should change a lot of peoples' mindset. At the turn of the millenium, lots of people talked like they believed that a clone is the same person as his originator. For some reason, people tend to link DNA to personal identity too strongly.
tdj's mindfucking post on human chimeras, i.e. individuals whose cells come in 2 kinds as far as DNA is concerned. It's as if they were a blend of 2 different people. Furthermore, it seems most people are chimeras to some degree.This should change a lot of peoples' mindset. At the turn of the millenium, lots of people talked like they believed that a clone is the same person as his originator. For some reason, people tend to link DNA to personal identity too strongly.