They key question here is incentives. What incentives is there to produce human clones (likely with more genetic defects then the original) if you can’t publish papers afterwards or sell a product?
I don’t see any player that had the necessary ability 18 years ago and the incentive to make it happen. Which players do you consider to have both ability and incentive?
Russian billionaries come to mind but if one of them clones himself and treats the clone as his child that seems to be hard to keep secret.
They key question here is incentives. What incentives is there to produce human clones (likely with more genetic defects then the original) if you can’t publish papers afterwards or sell a product?
I don’t see any player that had the necessary ability 18 years ago and the incentive to make it happen. Which players do you consider to have both ability and incentive?
Russian billionaries come to mind but if one of them clones himself and treats the clone as his child that seems to be hard to keep secret.