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| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
And in the case of an embryo, there would be no cellular activity after a brief period if it were not for the woman's support. |
hmm... that's actually a very good point.
However, as far as I know it, the woman provides nutrients the same way food keeps us alive - without food (which in this case comes from the mother), we wouldn't live either, would we?
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Sure they do, until all oxygenated blood is completely stripped of oxygen. Why not hook the finger up to a machine and keep it alive? |
Wouldn't the finger also need to...
- Have nutrients;
- Expel waste products;
... in order to live? If the finger had the ability of regenerating its parts so it could perform these functions, then it would eventually be someone else (which would result in an asexual reproduction by division). However, fingers are hopeless, given the fact that they can't even adapt, so to speak.
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
If we are speaking of nervous activity, which is really the only relevant thing here, then early embryos have just as little as severed fingers do. |
No, no nervous activity being mentioned here
| quote: | Originally posted by Psy-T
what MrJiveBoJingles said 
oh, and btw, what's so spontaneous about it? if the mother dies, the embryo will not continue developing, will it? if the mother doesn't adjust her diet to the fact she is pregnent will the embryo continue developing as well as an embryo of a mother who does change her diet? if the mother doesn't stop smoking/drinking/etc due to her pregnancy will the embryo continue developing as well as an embryo of a mother who does stop doing those things? |
Like I said, the mother is to the child what food is to us. If there's no food, we won't keep living either. If we eat junk food, we will face some problems.
The spontaneity in it is that you don't need to "develop" the child (as in add parts as if it were an auto mobile).
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