{"id":8459,"date":"2005-11-10T15:20:37","date_gmt":"2005-11-10T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/11\/10\/if-you-were-a-tree-what-kind-of-tree-would-you-be.html"},"modified":"2005-11-10T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2005-11-10T22:20:37","slug":"if_you_were_a_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/10\/if_you_were_a_t.html","title":{"rendered":"“If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That may cease to be an altogether metaphorical (and goofy) interview question. An enterprising group of artists<\/a> are positing a means of instilling human DNA into (non-expressed) tree genes<\/a>, leading to something that would carry a “part” of someone on for years as a memorial.<\/p>\n

An interesting thought, though should said tree then die, be cut down, get hit by lightning, be struck by some horrible disease, have initials careved into it, etc., I suspect some folks might be still more traumatized. Which ties into this particular quote:<\/p>\n

Biopresence, however, thinks its project can have a significant effect on how people mourn the loss of a loved one. And scientists like Steven Beckendorf, a genetics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, can see the potential. “It is a sort of metaphorical representation (of a deceased loved one), but that’s OK,” said Beckendorf. “I doubt anyone paying for the service will expect a homunculus to reside within the tree.”<\/p>\n

I would be willing to wage a large sum of money to the contrary of that doubt.<\/p>\n

(via Design Observer<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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