Hang on, is this news?
The PCR test replicates the dna that is present in a sample to the level at which it can be detected by instruments, technically 'cloning'.
But is that the same as cloning a human being? Bit of a stretch.
I'm pretty certain there was nothing in my oaths that said anything of the sort. In fact FM's are censured if they seek pecuniary (or legal) advantage by being a FM.
I will, however, double check that.
edit: from what I recall all the secrecy stuff was about not sharing all the elements that help to identify a fellow FM (words, signs, secret handshakes etc.)
Here's a weird thing.
For some reason I have always known that gravity could be manipulated by electro-magnetic fields - although when I was 9 years old (in 1980) I couldn't have put it exactly in those terms.
What I did do, however, was create a picture of the future (as an assignment) and I drew an aerodynamic car running on the road that was hovering about 1 foot off the ground, following & powered by a metal strip running along the road buried under the surface.
So,
- Electric car
- Guided driving
- Electromagnetic repulsion (i.e. not done with magnets like the bullet train)
- Boring shaped cars that all looked the same
Tell me that wasn't bang on (or will be) :D
Photo on the left, dude looks like his neck is broken and a bone is sticking out