osis. Colvin hopes his clone will have opportunities to have a better life and reach goals that he now cannot fullfill. He concludes that people should direct evolution rather than depends on nature and decide whether to put human cloning into pratice. Although Colvin pulls out many good reasons to support his beliefs on human cloning, those ideas are not standing on a firm base of biological concerns.
             I totally agree with the author on his emphasize on nurture over nature. This is the traditional idea of cloning and is what most people immediately think of when they hear the term. Also, this is what shapes people's opinion on cloning: the fear that there will be an exact replica of them created against their will. This concern is based on the premise that an individual's personality is defined solely by their genetic makeup and not by their life experiences. I agree with Colvin that individuals' personalities are determined by the environment in which they have grown up. Identical twins have the exact same genetic code but they are not identical people, even if they are raised in the exact same environment and have similar if not identical life exp
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