Holy crap...artificial sperm?

[LongAndShort]

I can see the religious groups throwing a tantrum any day now..........although I must say this shit isn't going to go down well

I'm religious and i don't have a problem with it religiously at least. I think it is a bit creepy, a bit pointless, a bit of a waste of time and resources (seriously, tell me the benefits this will have for more than a handful of lesbians and men shooting blanks). i just wonder who is funding this and why?

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Also, it is quite spooky. It talks about a possibility of using sperm cultivated from a woman on another woman thus making men redundant in a biological standpoint.

Those fanatical feminists (not the nice ones, the ones that hate men) seem to have won then.

 

[LongAndShort]

It was bound to happen at some point. Sigh. Only humans would replace the need to have sex, eh?

Well these scientists probably aren't getting any anyway. I think the rest of us will want to stick to the old-fashioned way.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Artificial Sperm = Motherload (!) for Journalists, Premature Exclamation from Science.

 

[howard_hughes]

Food supply is not an issue to be honest, most of the time we (the west) throw food away or let it rot on the vine.
http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Supply-Chain/Half-of-US-food-goes-to-waste

Plus with the inevitable coming of corporate super farms we can theoretically finish our research into growing meat in plants (cows will become endangered the next day most likely)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/dutch_scientist_1.php


And as for all you men who are feeling uneasy out there about being obsolete it could go the other way I'll merely reference Dune and Axlotl tanks.

here's the wiki for you curious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_of_the_Dune_universe#Axlotl_tank

 

[murphy7801]

hey hey lets stop the whole "make men useless research" cause if that works out I know a few crazy ladies that might just get rid of all of us

I can imagine it now, a full scale war between men and women.

Creepy...

I cant

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

Oh great, now I'm going to have to irradiate more guys to compensate! Well, I'll get my ray gun and get to work.

No kiddies for you!

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

It was bound to happen at some point. Sigh. Only humans would replace the need to have sex, eh?

Well these scientists probably aren't getting any anyway. I think the rest of us will want to stick to the old-fashioned way.

Truth.

 

[Faps]

Professor Nayernia said:"In theory it would be possible [to dispense with men], but only if you want to produce a population all the same size and shape [because they have the same male genetic origin]. Personally I cannot see human reproduction as purely a biological process. It has human, emotional, psychological, social and ethical aspects, too. We are doing this research to help infertile men, not to replace a reproductive procedure."

So they aren't replacing men, just helping them. As for people saying "oh why are they bothering with this", "this is a waste of time and money", how would you like it if you couldn't have kids you insensitive pricks. It's important work that can lead on to all other kinds of stem-cell research.

As for religious foke, they won't be a problem up here as we don't stand for that kind of shit.

 

[Zenode]

Or maybe the opposite could happen and

this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Screwfly_Solution_(Masters_of_Horror_episode)

ends up happening >-D

 

[Aunel]

Men will never become obsolete, because women will still think they need men to reproduce, if women "evolved" into not having emotions for men, then we would be fucked, but hey, we invented nukes.

 

[Simriel]

This will create ZOMBIES I TELLS YA!!! ZOMBIES!!!!!

 

[Gerazzi]

Great, increase our ability to propagate when we're already spreading too far and too fast as it is.

I just hope I live my life before my gender becomes obsolete.

Hooray, everything I was about to say was taken right out of my mouth.
Looks like I've become obsolete.

[sub]now I have to hide from the police[/sub]

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Can't imagine this ending well with mass producing being the best way to market it so that mean there will be a load of half sibling running around which won't be good so until they can do it on a small scale like person to person this won't be happening outside of celebrities even if it does.

Besides making men(ie me and the rest of us) redundant wouldn't be good atleast for me but I doubt as some people say there would be less wars if women ruled the world.
Would end up the same just without men.

 

[Scrythe]

Each day I witness such breakthroughs in science, each day I realize that Brave New World is slow becoming a reality. I'm not sure if I should be thrilled, or appalled.

 

[AkJay]

Still no cure for cancer.

 

[Dr.Poisonfreak]

North East England Stemm Cell Institute claims that it did create just that.

Sauce: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Health/Scientists-Claim-To-Have-Created-Artificial-Sperm-At-North-East-England-Stem-Cell-Institute/Article/200907115331725?f=rss

Quoting the article:

Azim Surani, Professor of Physiology and Reproduction at the University of Cambridge, said the artificial cells are a "long way" from being authentic sperm cells.

But I gues a step is a step.

Now, the whole matter is geared towards helping infertile men father children which I think is awesome but, come on, you know there are some kooky people out there... ...which is also awesome.

What do you guys think?

EDIT:

Oh snap. I forgot to add this one: http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/artificial-sperm-on-the-horizon/2008/04/07/1207420287249.html

It's about experiments being carried out on mice and done in Germany.

Also, it is quite spooky. It talks about a possibility of using sperm cultivated from a woman on another woman thus making men redundant in a biological standpoint.

Creepy, right?

......................... , i dont really know WHAT to say to that , hmmm guess the best thing to say would be somethign along the lines of ................................fuck, we're boned

 

[Dr.Poisonfreak]

Men will never become obsolete, because women will still think they need men to reproduce, if women "evolved" into not having emotions for men, then we would be fucked, but hey, we invented nukes.

good sir i respect your logic!