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SpiralStaircase · Joined: 14 Feb 2008

Thanks

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

Indifferent: the author has no positive or negative view of therapeutic cloning in and of itself.

SpiralStaircase · Joined: 14 Feb 2008

You have got to be kidding me.

If the question was
�How does the author feel about the misconception of cloning?� Then it would be obvious. However, the author does not share any opinion on therapeutic cloning whatsoever. In fact, the paragraph does not even address the issue. It relates to the misconceptions of TC. I can see our staff missing this but NETs?

andrewchon · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:13 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I change my vote from negative to superficial.

SpiralStaircase · Joined: 14 Feb 2008

Moldy Rutabaga · Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea

I suppose 'negative,' because the speaker is saying that it will fail to have the desired effects. Indifferent would suggest the speaker doesn't have a position, and superficial would mean the speaker is giving an uneducated or careless answer. But if I were forming the question I would change 'negative' to 'dismissive,' which I think is a better description.

andrewchon · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject:

I don't understand. Why do I have to change the question?

Triban · Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Location: Suwon Station

Indifferent; he doesn't say whether he is for or against, just that we won't create super humans.

Meenam · Joined: 16 Sep 2009

i said positive on the assumption that since the author was refuting the misconceptions they must therefore be for TC...however after reading others opinions, i'd have to change my vote to indifferent, since the author really never does take a stance for or against.

Easter Clark · Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong

wtf is an artificial opinion?

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

It's indifferent. Whether the author put the left or right sock on first that morning doesn't factor into the equation.

ontheway · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:37 am Post subject:

This appears to be an opening paragraph to a much longer essay regarding theraputic cloning. This introduction is a set up to something more, it is neutral insofar as it goes. It does not actually deal with the topic at all, but rather what cloning is not.

The best answer would be "neutral" or "analytical" as far as the author's opinion on therapeutic cloning. We will not discover that until later paragraphs.

However, the author is neither "positive" nor "negative" at this point in the essay, although he or she could reveal an attitude later. The author is not "superficial" at all, as this indicates an indepth essay to follow. It is not "artificial" if that even makes any sense. So, the only possible answer is "indifferent," but we can't really make that claim either as it appears from the writing that the author does indeed care about the subject matter as he or she is beginning in such a thorough manner.

So, the best answer is "indifferent" although this is a stretch. There is no other correct answer however, so this question should be thrown out.

Meenam · Joined: 16 Sep 2009

cruisemonkey · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject:

The author does not offer an opinion. Therefore, any of A thru E is arrived at by inference (�D' & 'E' are just bizarre).

The answer should be -
F) We don't know.