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submitted 5 days ago by pir8t0x@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Just a thought but imagine if by any chance, they have already secretly succeeded in accomplishing this. And imagine if they're already doing it in secret. Do you think this is likely?

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[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I think it's possible. If you can clone a sheep then why not a human?

[-] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 1 points 3 days ago

The cloned sheep "Dolly" did not survive very long sadly.

[-] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 2 points 3 days ago

Yes, I believe some cloned humans already exist at secret military facilities. Area 51. Super Soldier clones.

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

I don't think cloning a human would be much harder than a sheep.

[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 19 points 5 days ago

For sure, if some research institution were motivated enough. I won't speculate if it's happened in secret, but cloning a sheep brings us pretty close to being capable of cloning a human. I would be more surprised if 30 years since the cloning of Dolly, we haven't advanced to the point where the only thing stopping us from cloning humans are ethical concerns.

[-] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 days ago

Yes, 100% the technology and skill is available today to clone a human.

The ethics are dubious and nobody with that technology and skill is going to attempt it. They're working on lab grown meat and replacement transplant organs.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 5 days ago

I wouldn't be surprised if a human was cloned. The issue right now seems to be resolving the ethical issues over the technical ones.

[-] Ryoae@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

I hope not. If the billionaires haven't yet figured out how to, then that's a good thing. They'd be clawing to clone themselves if to remain in power.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago
[-] Ryoae@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Do you think that's going to stop them?

"Legalities? What's that?"

[-] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 1 points 3 days ago

If Epstein files can not stop them why should a law against cloning, which is likely outdated by the time.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago

We're either there or close, but just like last time you asked this, nobody's going to do this in secret. They'd be bragging their asses off.

[-] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

I think this depends upon your definition of success. I think it could be done now such that you could get to a live birth, but not without serious health complications for the clone, probably resulting in an imprinting disorder or maybe something akin to progeria. You'd wind up with a sick infant instead of a healthy adult. Producing a copy of a human being as they are, if that is the definition of success, is still a ways away, probably a decade or more. This is without even considering the ethical issues with human cloning.

[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I mean, I don't see why not, but having a clone isn't as big a deal as people think. Identical twins are already natural clones

[-] mech@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

Currently, no.
They haven't even managed to clone any hominids from adult cells, yet. But they're not far off.

[-] TrippinMallard@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Probably not cloning like scifi where exact body scars, broken bones, & memories transferred.

But china did try to hide some cloning human project researcher a while back. Not sure what happened there.

[-] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 days ago

No, and the ethics behind it are too screwed to try it.

this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2026
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