human cloning = computer use?

After reading this article about human cloning. I got thinking about just what we use computers for. The article is about harvesting organs from “made to order” humans. In essence, if one of your organs breaks down, it would be easier for you to find a new one, or have a new one found for you.

My question is, are we using computers as substitute brains? I realize that this may seem like a pretty bizarre question, but seriously, is it that we find our brains can’t work fast enough or think of enough ideas on their own that we must turn to computers – to check our spelling, to check our grammar, to translate things from one language to another, or to reserach ideas?

Is it that there should be just as big of an ethical concern regarding computers for use by brains as for cloning humans for new organs?

3 Responses to “human cloning = computer use?”

  1. Jean-Sebastien says:

    I think there is a huge difference between using technology at large to help us and
    cloning body parts of ourselves.
    I mean should we have concerns for the use of hammers by arms?

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