Idiots with Money

"I think some people have more money than sense," says Harry Griffin.  His near pun refers to "Julie", the  owner of the first ever cloned pet - a cat named "Little Nicky".  What kind of money did the rich bitch waste cloning her dead pookie-wookie "Nicky"?  A cool $50,000 USD.  "Julie" reports that "Little Nicky" is identical to the deceased "Nicky".  Of course, if the cats are identical, it follows trivially that their personalities are the same, as she claims.  But since she's such a stupid, irrational freak of nature, there's no reason to believe her.  I'd bet counterfactual money that had scientists kept her cash and substituted a cute little disenfranchised kitten from an animal shelter, she would have said the same thing.  And if she hadn't, newsflash... it wouldn't have mattered.  (Hopefully that's what they did.)  It would be cruel to wish the cat dies, so I'll instead hope that "Little Nicky" outlives "Julie" by the rest of his life.  And when she dies, she needs to be immediately incinerated so her genes can no longer pollute the world.  This from The New Scientist.