Re:Natural vs artificial (Score 1)

If genes can be patented, why not this:

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Patent Application:

Method for resolving conflicts in large organizations

The conflict resolution of the organization shall be vested in one supreme conflict-resolving committee, and in such inferior conflict-resolving committees as the Board of Directors may from time to time ordain and establish. The members, both of supreme conflict-resolving committee and inferior conflict-resolving committees, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

The CEO shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Board of Directors, shall appoint members of the supreme conflict-resolving committee, and all other officers of the organization, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by policy: but the Board of Directors may by policy vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the CEO alone, in the conflict-resolving committees, or in the heads of departments.

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The founding fathers of the USA believed that, as they were designing this new republic, they were simply enshrining principles that they believed were found in nature: Natural Law. If you don't recognize the paraphrase, take a look at the US Constitution regarding the Supreme Court.