actually, i think about overpopulation a lot as well susan. The thing is though, if we don't find cures to these diseases we are leaving ourselves open to the plethora of new diseases that will be around by the time overpopulation commences. That will be added on top of cancer and such and the we'll die at a more rapid rate. I don't know how morality would play out when overpopulation is here...hmmm.
Also, the problem with not "creating too much" is that humans naturally reproduce and we can't just control it that way because we will end up creating too much through natural means...cloning on top of that would be more people than were necessary.
Personally, i see no reason to clone a human besides the fact of "heh ho, we did it." Although if this would be help find cures to diseases then ok...but not as test subjects haha.
I'm thinking when overpopulation occurs, nature will begin to try and kill off humans rapidly. Yeah that didn't sound too smart hehe. Anyway, it goes to simple biology concept of "natures limiting factors." Of how nature will manifest a factor to limit something that grows in too much abundance. Usually it is disease, and it has been trying for a long time but technology has superceded that thus far. But in the future, i'm thinking it will be crazily more diseases that exist and with the people so close together they will spread more easily and die. Yeah, it's partial Gaia theory, but oh well .
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