Sunday, November 27, 2016

In class we watched a episode called "Be Right Back" this episode poses certain questions about cloning (such as whether or not one can truly clone a person). In the episode a woman named Martha loses her husband. Afterwards, she is informed of a program that would allow her to speak with a clone of her husband. The program does this by recording social media posts, text messages, and etc.  At first, she was reluctant but eventually she chooses to speak with him. As she continues to speak with him she chooses to get a clone of him. In the beginning, everything is great, but problems start to occur. Martha begins to notice the unsettling uncanniness of the clone. While the clone looks and talks like him, the clone lacks personality and emotion. As a result, the clone is unable to truly act like Martha's husband. The clone tries its best to provide a believable version of her husband but he is not able to make responses that are inline with the husbands personality. In this episode, it shows that it is impossible to produce a clone that shares the same memories, hopes, dreams, thoughts, & emotions a person.

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