I can think of plenty of reasons:
- Lots of people will be curious about how intelligent he/she is.
- Lots of people will be curious about how well he/she speaks.
- Lots of Paparazzi will want photos.
- There will inevitably be detractors of "playing God" that will surely cause problems.
Indeed! My point was moreso directed at a situation in which the identity of the Neanderthal person is not published. The publicity of the whole thing, however, could certainly create developmental and adaptive problems for anyone, Neanderthal or notjust look at all those former 'child stars'.
Anyway, if we decide to treat the poor boy like a monkey in a zoo, then we aren't really attempting to raise him as a human being, and I'd say my point wouldn't be overly relevant anymore. In that case, though, I'd say treating a human being like a science experiment would be much more immoral than simply causing the critter to exist in the first place. Creating a human who you believe may be maladaptive or developmentally slow by default is hardly as cruel as creating a human for the simple sake of torturing him endlessly with mind-numbing science experiments.
Jon
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