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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the type of question that has no definitive answer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It absolutely does, but those pesky ethics mean no one will try to find out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. This is a purely philosophical question.

From a biological standpoint, a re-juvenated stem cell and a freshly fertilized stem cell are identical. But how you interpret this is a completely different question.

Just think about the implications: a clump of your cells are "you", if you want to kill them, you're free to do so. However, if someone grows a human from these cells, are you still allowed to do that? Is that suicide or homicide? There's a line between these two examples and where to draw that is an open question.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There were several questions asked, but the one I was referring to,

Like, would this still develop into a functional human being if implanted into a womb?

Absolutely has a definitive answer that can be figured out.