Okay, I know the strict biology of this one, but it has always bothered me that we can’t define when life begins or ends. Are we all mass murderers everyday with each and every cell we waste? Is it unrealistic to expect that each and every sperm and egg be able to live a long and happy life? Should they be kept in a safer environment?
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A defining point20% Voted for by lost faith, Scrap.
We can’t mark a defining point for lots of transitions.
At what exact point do you fall in love?
At what exact point do you go from child to adolescent to adult to elderly et cetera.
Just because ther eis no definate point, doesn’t mean there isn’t a period where the change takes place. There is in fact a difference between a child and an adolescent and they should be treated differently, even though you can’t precisely say when this point begins. There are just times when you know, and there are gray areas.
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lol...20% Voted for by becomingbroken, GreensBabe.
a mammal is somthign that gives live birth has hair and produces milk… that is kinna a stupid question
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Potentiality vs. Actuality20% Voted for by GreensBabe, nihilismisdead.
A sperm and egg are not mammals, they are the eggs and sperm of mammals. This means they have the potentiality to mutate into animals, but does not mean they are animals. Are we committing a sin when we scratch our wrist and cut off small pieces of skin? It is the same situation, mammalian cells are being destroyed in each instance. Each has the potentiality for life (cloning) and so because of this it would be absurd to protect human genetics and human cells as a part of protecting human people as a whole. If someone was to mutilate themselves and cut off their arm then send it to me. I take that arm and I throw it in the garbage. I am not throwing a human in the garbage, I am throwing a human arm in the garbage. There is a fundamental difference between the two that few moral philosophers are willin to accept.
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blocksVoted for by raven shadow 13.
sperm and eggs always posess life. life cannot spring from thin air, and therefore there is life wven when we dont see it. in 20 years there will be millions more children, but they are here now. just not in the same meaning. life is always there, but there is a point when it is termed as “detectable.”
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scienceVoted for by bettaproger.
from a scientific stand point, no, a sperm is not a mammal. IT a cell with 13 chromosones. you are a mammal and your made of cells. if sperm were a mammal, it would be like you being made up of about 2 trillion badgers. Its bassicaly a crap shoot, and pure dawrinism during the inpregnation process. only the faster sperm makes it and the others all get the short and of the stick. buts it more of a waste in the skin cells syou loose daily. thoughs cells have all 26 chromosones. enough DNA and RNA to makes a person without needing more from another person. and no, its not a mutation, its a genisus(like sega, but better)
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The Perfect ContainerVoted for by Honeybell.
Then the question needs to be posed… how do we safely extract and transport said little living things??? HAHAHA!
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Interesting Thought...Voted for by justonewish.
But the whole purpose of sperm and eggs is to use their lives to create a human. A sperm has no brain and neither does an egg but a creature with a brain will develop when the two meet.
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Yes, and everyone is an individual. The age at which the child becomes and adolescent varies between each and everyone of us. There are so many things in the world that we just don't know. We can't really be sure of anything.March 31, 2005
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Are sperm/eggs mammals? If not, why do we expect them to make one?
does this mean to say that males are monotremes?May 8, 2005
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