"It is quite likely that it is possible, yes. But what we've said all along -- speaking for both the Institute and the PPL staff - is that we would find it ethically unacceptable to think of doing that. We can't think of a reason to do it. If there was a reason to copy a human being, we would do it, but there isn't."
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