Clones and Avatars

Cloning is a huge issue. It is just one of those creepy moral subjects that I don't think everyone will ever agree on. However, there are these new studies that may make cloning a real possibility. And not animal cloning, but human cloning. They think they have finally broken down all of the technical barriers and can readily and easily clone humans. Right now, they are taking a person's cell and putting it into an egg. The egg makes the cell go back into embryonic state (like IVF/artificial insemination). The result is either a baby or at least a mass of cells that can be used as stem cells to help cure diseases. Interesting eh?

On some online sites, there are these things called Avatars. My only knowledge of avatars comes from a Law and Order: SVU episode where things get outta control. Basically, an avatar is you but online. There are worlds and things to do and people to meet, all without leaving your desk chair. These new online worlds provide anthropologists and sociologists new studies!!! They found that people display a lot of the same characteristics in real life as they do online. For example, if I ask you to come with me on 3 vacations, you'll say no. But if I ask you to just take a day trip with me you'll probably say yes. Especially if I ask you right after I ask about the 3 vacations. People are just more likely to say yes if a big demand is made and then a smaller one is made right after. Also, people are just as racist online as they are in real life. Whoops.

People are dumb. Especially this guy who made a 911 call then, while he was still on the phone with the police, made a drug deal. He was found with crack cocaine "in his pants". Ohhhhhhh man.

This guy has won 17 Grammys. Betcha never heard of him. Jimmy Sturr is up for his 18th Grammy if he wins this year in one of the categories no one's ever heard of. Polka music. Yep, polka. Willie Nelson and the guy that sings "The Devil Comes down to Georgia" (you know what I'm talking about) are big fans, as is Burt Reynolds. Of course mainstream media cuts out about 110 awards to independent artists/different categories. But they are there. Inneresting huh?

TGTIF.