i was watching 60 minutes tonight, sort of. they were discussing the horrors of human cloning and whether the parent(?) would be the parent or the sibling ("take me home, country road...") and so forth. having developed an incredible skill for misusing spare time, i started to wonder what would happen if a choral conductor decided to use cloning as a way to achieve a perfect blend. of course, the nurture end would have to be taken care of to establish uniformity of experience and knowledge... HEY! WAIT A MINUTE! what if the blend was TOO perfect. what if all those clones matched up so well, they sounded like a quartet? would they be louder than just a quartet? (it makes you wonder if fred waring had more than just 'puree' up his sleeve.)
mike
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