How would clones act?

[debodun]

If you could clone a friend or relative, would they know you and would they act like their original?

 

[hollydolly]

If you could clone a friend or relative, would they know you and would they act like their original?

you mean just like identical twins know each other and act the same ?

 

[VaughanJB]

If you could clone a friend or relative, would they know you and would they act like their original?

Nah. Pathways, chemical interactions, etc. They'd still be different.

I find memories to be fascinating. How they're stored, why we remember some things and not others. Incredible stuff.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I have no idea.

 

[Jazzy1]

Depends on the type of cloning. There are two types of cloning. Genetic and quantum. With genetic cloning, the only thing the clone has in common with the original is its DNA. Things having to do with experience like accents would not be the same. With a quantum clone, it is identical to the original in every way. In a quantum sense, it is the original. It would have the same memories, experiences, personality, speech, etc. It would be impossible to know which is which.

 

[outlander]

If I was quantum cloned I can't imagine my family or the world for that matter having to deal with two of me, lol.

 

[Aunt Bea]

My assumption is that they would look the same but be blank slates.

Interesting question.

 

[OldFeller]

Heres an article that discusses this.

Clone Personalities: Exploring Similarities and Differences in Genetic Copies