Today, we're talking good old sci-fi doppelgangers. But, what are the true vices of this impeditive act against nature? I'm here to talk about some of the misconceptions and consequences of making another rapper when your label's new star kicks the bucket.
You Gotta Be Kidding Me
It was a few months ago now that my buddy first sat down with me one day and told me about what had to be one of the dumbest conspiracies I had ever heard. Now i've been on the internet for a long time, I know a lot of what's out there... or at least I thought so. But they've really done it this time! It seems that there are many people on the internet who are under the impression that the famous rap artist Gucci Mane has been replaced with a clone since his release from prison and is an entirely different person that the "Original Gucci". Obviously, this is a huge croc of shit, and I'm out to prove it! This time I have come with some links that I think serve as some proof to claim!
Complex | A Side By Side Analysis: Is Gucci Mane A Clone?
Time and Fitness
First things first.... Does anyone get how LONG it takes to make a clone?! Dolly the Sheep, the most famous cloned animal in history unbeknownst to most took at least an astonishing 277 attempts. From these 277, 29 early embryos came to fruition which were then implanted into 13 surrogate mothers, and of all these only 1 sheep survived, which was the well-known Dolly. But don't think these sheep were some similar to a kind of early term abortion, or failed feetus (if that's somehow the way you choose to rationalize it), but some even went through birth however, died due to complications immediately outside the womb. Dolly wasn't in best shape either once she did make it out. Born in 96 and euthanized in 02, Dollay live a short run of only 6 years, when the average Sheeps lifespan is 11 or 12. Likely due to the fact that she was cloned from a 6 year old sheep, giving her chromosomes a short lifepsan.
Putting this into context with Gucci, this would mean a sample of 300 cells would have been taken from a (hypothetical approximation here, mind you he's 37) 20 year old Gucci Mane in 2000. By 2014, China had 'reported' 70-80% success rated of embryos, but this still leaves a huge cap of technology that would have been much more advanced back in the day, to give Gucci Mane's clone any real vitality.
Genetic Expression
This one falls here and there in my opinion. To me, this is pretty damning when it comes to trying to get a clone of someone, look exactly like that person. There is a big misconception here that clones will look like a twin of their parent, however, this isn't true. Since the somatic cell transfer used in traditional animal cloning requires 3 parents, it is not uncommon that the final outcome will not reflect the genes of the initial subject. As is the case with Dolly who was not " not entirely identical to her genetic mother because the mitochondria, the power plants of the cell that are kept outside the nucleus, were inherited from Dolly’s egg donor mother.".It is also often observed that identical twins can have different genetic expressions, know as faternal twins. Because of these factors, more likely than not any attempted clone of Gucci Mane would likely look at least slightly different due to expresion of similar genes. This is regardless of the age difference which would also be a strong telltale difference between 20 year apart counterparts.
Personality
Finally, the show stopper; composure. It's one thing to hire an actor, or teach someone in general to take over a persona. If there was someone who already looked like Gucci Mane, or could at least impersonate him to some degree would be much better off than any clone. This is simply because of education and intelligence. How exactly do these theorist suggest this clone is being taught to impersonate Gucci Mane. Do people no understand that this would entail essentially re-educating and teaching a brand new child from infancy to adulthood in hopes that he adopts the exact personality? Even in regular twins, we see that genetics doesn't have a direct link to thought processes or personality, so we would we allow clones this luxury? Th worst example of a failure to perform this task is the famous psychology example "Genie" also known as the feral child. This poor girl was subject to severe abuse, neglect and isolation for well over a decade, to the point where she had no social skills whatsoever and was essentially a 13 year old with the mental capability of a 13 month old. Imagine if we were to fail like this in educating and teaching clones? The results would be completely egregious. To suggest we would be able to take a fresh clone and teach it exactly how to walk, talk, act and rap like Gucci would be much harder than either of the previous parts of the clonning proccess
Final Comments
In conclusion, the notion that any has the ability to create a clone as accurate as this conspiracy community suggests is quite far-fetched and more likely than not just not possible with modern cloning techniques and practices. Hopefully, this helped clarify a few things on cloning for some of you, and helps disprove this silly conspiracy for those in the community who might believe it.
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