B1 – Intermediate
Cloning has long been a subject of debate since the year dot. Supporters of cloning claim that it is the answer to preventing endangered species from disappearing as well as allowing human beings to live healthier lives. But just recently, another form of cloning has come to rise – digital cloning, wherein a copy of your “self” will be created online.
Read this blog about digital heaven.
http://fullspate.digitalcounterrevolution.co.uk/english-articles-advanced/digital-heaven.html
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “cease” mean, “Creating a digital copy of your “self” and keeping that “alive” online long after your physical body has ceased to function.”? Use it in a sentence.
- What does “insurmountable” mean, “The obstacles to keeping your body alive indefinitely still seem insurmountable.”? Use this word in a sentence.
- What does “virtual” mean, “Rather than send your friends e-mails you would agree to meet up on some virtual tropical beach.”? Use it in a sentence.
Discussion Questions:
- What do you think about ‘digital cloning’?
- Would you like to be cloned and/or digitally cloned? Why/why not?
- With this technological advancement, how do you see the future of humanity?
- What can you say about the the last statement-question ‘Who needs faith when you’ve got broadband’?
10 replies on “Digital Cloning”
1. What does “cease” mean, “Creating a digital copy of your “self” and keeping that “alive” online long after your physical body has ceased to function.”? Use it in a sentence.
“The ethical and moral debate about in vitro fertilisation has not ceased”
2. What does “insurmountable” mean, “The obstacles to keeping your body alive indefinitely still seem insurmountable.”? Use this word in a sentence.
“The problems to live on the moon are still insurmountable”
3. What does “virtual” mean, “Rather than send your friends e-mails you would agree to meet up on some virtual tropical beach.”? Use it in a sentence.
“In the game players simulate a physical or real life in a virtual world”
Discussion Questions:
1. What do you think about ‘digital cloning’?
I believe that cloning is always a controversial issue, while many people consider it bad many other consider that cloning is the future of the Humanity. As I see it, digital cloning or physical cloning it will be a acceptable idea if we use it for a good purpose (reduce or cure diseases, for example).
2. Would you like to be cloned and/or digitally cloned? Why/why not?
Yes, I would like to be cloned in order to improve my health or my life expectancy. About a digitally clonning I agree also because it would be funny to live in other countries or situations.
3. With this technological advancement, how do you see the future of humanity?
In my opinión with this tecnological advancement the future of humanity it will be really diferente than now. A strong point against it would be that many people would prefer to live a fun and relaxed virtual life than one routine and stressful.
4. What can you say about the the last statement-question ‘Who needs faith when you’ve got broadband’?
As I see it, faith is really diferent to technology. The technology can help us to live a healthier life but faith can help us to overcome problems or improve bad moods.
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1. What do you think about ‘digital cloning’?
I think it’s a little scary to think about. There are a lot of economic interests of private companies that want people’s money.
2. Would you like to be cloned and/or digitally cloned?
I don’t know. I think it’s something I’ve always thought about but I think I’d finally say no.
3. With this technological advancement, how do you see the future of humanity?
The future of humanity is very complicated. Moral dilemmas will be increasingly present in our daily lives as technology advances. I believe our next generations will see as normal things that would seem crazy to us now.
4. What can you say about the the last statement-question ‘Who needs faith when you’ve got broadband’?
I think a lot of people will pay to be digitally cloned because it’s faster than waiting to resurface. Our society look for speed in things and resurrection once dead takes much longer.
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1. What do you think about ‘digital cloning’?
I believe it’s something that could look crazy, but it will be really possible in the long term.
2. Would you like to be cloned and/or digitally cloned?
It could be interesting for test how it is, and since a technological point of view too.
3. With this technological advancement, how do you see the future of humanity?
It’s really difficult to predict it. However, there are evidences pointing to technology and artificial intelligence growing on more and more. So, a future fully digital could be possible.
4. What can you say about the last statement-question ‘Who needs faith when you’ve got broadband’?
Faith is something natural in persons. I believe it’s complicated to substitute even in the future the article is explaining.
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Please look at these minor corrections in this sentence:
It could be interesting for test how it is
,and since a technological point of view too.1. What do you think about ‘digital cloning’?
I think that science and new technologies are advancing more and more every year and I think that if many years ago Dolly’s sheep was clonated, why will not possible digital cloning many years before? Although in my opinion, I think that it os so difficult to keep up with good results.
2. Would you like to be cloned and/or digitally cloned?
If I could choosing, I would like to be cloned the people who I love, because due to this reason, I will ensure that they will be eternal.
3. With this technological advancement, how do you see the future of humanity?
If I close my eyes and image the near future, I think that a lot of human tasks will be replaced by macchine. For example, currently, if you look in supermarket many cashiers have been replaced by machine which carry on at same tasks.
4. What can you say about the the last statement-question ‘Who needs faith when you’ve got broadband’?
When new techniques about cloning will be able to cloned a brain of human, maybe I will say that people only are going to need a broadband but until this moment will happened I think that all of them may have a faith.
It’s good to read you insights on this topic. Many thanks for your time writing these answers.
Here is a correction for you:
1. What do you think of this ‘digital cloning’?
It’s like Ghost in the shell or Lain serial experiment… should we consider those entities humans? So I think this is something we have to keep thinking before doing it.
2. Would you like to be cloned and/or digitally cloned?
No, I wouldn’t.
3. With this technological advancement, how do you see the future of humanity?
Black, really black. To me, those are not humans, are machines with a copy of human brains.
4. What can you say about the the last statement-question ‘Who needs faith when you’ve got broadband’?
In my humble opinion, this has nothing to do with faith, but with facts. A copy of your brain is going to be made available in a machine. In order for that brain to go on working, you still need electrical current, software and hardware, so it is not like you are “alive”, but it is only a copy, not a human being.
1. Sounds interesting but sadly seems to be a little impossible that can be a reality in few years and I don’t know if will be possible to know this technology or I will die before.
2. Yes if with this thing I will be able to live for many years more and I will be able to do incredible things like play football in real stadiums or surfing in the best beaches… for me is better than only die because when you died we have the possibility to don’t have anymore after.
3. I don’t know. I remember that NASA said the last year or two years ago that the more realistic science fiction film of the history was Gataca because talk about the people of the future and the fight to exist between the people to have the possibility to choose his genetics and the people to can’t choose the best genetics. The people to can choose his genetic will be the élite, the aristocracy of the future because they would be able to work in the best jobs and for this reason will have more money than the others. If the NASA says that this things probably seems to be the more realistic scenario of the future I think that probably they knows more than me and the future really will be like that.
4. I think that this expression refer to if the people have clear his future probably don’t need to have faith in nothing that don’t know very well.