# Clonaid claims it can clone the dead! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728 "2003-04-24T00:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/1 "2003-04-24T00:53:16Z")
[Yes, the Raelians and Clonaidians(?)](http://www.channel3000.com/editorials/2106877/detail.html) came to Madison this week. Among the ‘secrets’ they reveal is [cloning dead babies.](http://www.channel3000.com/health/2153616/detail.html) Why? Well, who knows… It’s an unfortunate circumstance, I imagine, that this breakthrough technique has no externally verifiable validation. Like, you know, a living “parent” whose DNA can be matched against an infant. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/2 "2003-04-24T01:03:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Boyo Jim \* > \*\*Among the ‘secrets’ they reveal is cloning dead babies. > \*\* Why would anyone want another dead baby? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/3 "2003-04-24T01:12:27Z")
The Raellians, yet another wonderful thing to come out of France in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/4 "2003-04-24T01:27:27Z")
Let’s see the live clone baby first, before we start worrying about dead ones. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/5 "2003-04-24T04:16:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*Why would anyone want another dead baby? \*\* Let me get you a glass of ice water on your way to hell… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/6 "2003-04-24T04:25:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*Why would anyone want another dead baby? \*\* **Insert Modest Proposal here** ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/7 "2003-04-24T04:27:31Z")
That shoulda been “insert Modest Proposal joke here”. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/8 "2003-04-24T04:28:54Z")
Mmmmm…baby back ribs… Hey **Eutychus** , you need a ride to hell? ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clonaid-claims-it-can-clone-the-dead/170728/9 "2003-04-24T04:39:04Z")
I heard that the Clonaid spokesperson was turned down when she applied to be the Iraqi Information Minister…