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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (146042)4/23/2002 4:33:18 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1575984
 
How is an embryo the equivalent to the fully formed human?

The concept of "equivalence" is inapplicable here; we would no sooner say a fetus is equivalent to a fully formed human than we would that you are equivalent to me. However, if you look at it by the most objective standard for evaluating such things, I think you'd agree that (1) both are living things, and (2) the DNA is similar. I'm not sure what other objective, measurable standard you could apply. How much knowledge does one have versus the other?

If you've ever seen a rotting fish covered with maggots, would you say the maggots are alive or dead?
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