It should be hard to get excited about a microscopic blastomere--an earthworm has a much more developed nervous system, brain, and sensibilities. A blastomere at the eight-cell stage is a long way from differentiating the cells; you lose more nucleated cells--each with the human blueprint--when you take a bath. Not to mention...
Ah, but people do get excited about these things, don't they?
The number of fertilized eggs lost the "natural" way is much larger than the number of actual children born. What should we do about that? The correct answer is: focus our attention where there are important issues to address. Instead.
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Date: 2003-01-22 11:17 am (UTC)Ah, but people do get excited about these things, don't they?
The number of fertilized eggs lost the "natural" way is much larger than the number of actual children born. What should we do about that? The correct answer is: focus our attention where there are important issues to address. Instead.
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