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stanfordkid on April 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: An artificial womb successfully grew baby sheep

We have no clue as to how various chemicals released by the mother affect the newborn psychologically. Would probably not be able to predict the effects for over 10-20 years.

I'm worried we might end up with sociopathic kids. It's been shown in many animals that the mother does not bond with the newborn without oxytocin release from childbirth.

dpark on April 28, 2017 [–]

> It's been shown in many animals that the mother does not bond with the newborn without oxytocin release from childbirth.

1. Citation needed.

2. Not relevant to humans unless you are also going to assert that fathers and adopted mothers fail to bond.

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