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==Human cloning in fiction==
Human cloning has long been a subject of speculation in [[science fiction]]. Science fiction writers have depicted human cloning for many purposes: obtaining comic effects from the presence of duplicate characters; issuing warnings about scientific hubris; and presenting alternative social perspectives. Despite this variety, the image of human cloning in science fiction is most often negative. For example, cloning may be introduced into a narrative to highlight social issues of sameness and conformity.
Human cloning has long been a subject of speculation in [[science fiction]]. Science fiction speculation has included:
 
More specifically, science fiction speculation has included:
* the use of cloning for "spare parts" for transplantation, typically with accelerated growth of the cloned parts
* transferring one's mind into a younger clone body, as a way of achieving immortality
* clones somehow having a telepathic affinity for one another
Apart from the first, these ideas are currently pure speculation. (TelepathyHowever, telepathy has been reported by many indentical twins, for example seemingly unfounded anxiety of one twin, when the other who is far away is in trouble,. orIf eventhere moreis pronounceda ESP,genuine sobasis for these reports, the same could conceivably apply to artificial clones.)
 
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