At 8:05 PM -0800 1/12/98, Brian B. Riley wrote:
On 1/12/98 3:32 PM, Tim May (tcmay@got.net) passed this wisdom:
Any implications for crypto? If Congress can successfully make certain types of science illegal, felonizing the search for truth, why not a ban on certain types of mathematics research?
I think many of us are understandably nervous about the mistakes that could be made in the process of perfecting human cloning. But Tim's point is well taken, yet another potential 'slippery slope.'
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