The human race has made more technological progress throughout the last century than was ever

thought possible. Technologies in only the wildest dreams of people a hundred years ago are now simple, everyday utensils. Human cloning as a sci-fi wonder has mysteriously been swept away as the reality of it all seeps in. However, as this reality becomes more prominent, so too does our hesitation on the topic. We, as human beings, begin to question its technicalities and most importantly, its ethic standpoint. If we push science to take the last steps over the hill, will we fall down the other side? Some things are better left untouched. The microscope, invented in 1608 by Zacharius Jansen, allowed us to see a whole different world within our own; things undetectable to the naked eye. Along with this new world came limitless possibilities for exploration and experimentation. In 1902, German embryologist, Hans Spermann, discovered what would become the basis of cloning as we know it today. Using simply a strand of hair he was able to split a salamander embryo into individual cells which both grew to be perfectly healthy adult salamanders, thus concluding that a single embryonic cell in its early stages contains all of the necessary components that go into creating a fully functional adult animal. Finally, in 1995, after many claims and attempts, Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell created the world's first cloned sheep, through the process of nuclear transfer using embryo cells. This process consists of removing the nucleus from an unfertilized egg and replacing it with the nucleus from an embryonic cell. This fertilizes the egg and a new life is created. 1996 saw the birth of Dolly the sheep; the second successfully birthed clone. Yet Dolly was another first; this time, the nucleus in the egg was swapped with that from an adult cell. For years, many organisations the world over have been working the scope on human cloning. Claims of successfully born human clones have come out, yet none have been substantiated. History has shown that the human race could never handle such a thing as reproductive human cloning. Daily, we deal with terrible and aggravating cases of fascism, racism, sexism and general ignorance. If reproductive human cloning ever comes to fruition, there is nothing to stop it from falling into the hands of the wrong people and becoming yet another utensil of depravity.