March 8, 2006

Sperm plus Egg....?

PZ answers the question:

"…scientifically speaking, when a sperm and egg comes together, what happens? Is death created?"
If fact, he provides answers from multiple perspectives: mathematical, patriarchal, cytological, forensical, genetical and developmental.

As an added bonus you also get the answer to this thought problem:

if a fire breaks out in a fertility clinic, who do you save — a Petri dish with five blastula or a two year-old child?.
I didn't realize that this was even a possible issue but apparently it creates a challenge for some.

Oh yea, read the comment thread as well...always full of good material at PZ's place.

Posted by Steve on March 8, 2006
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