Sunday, April 6, 2008

Frankenstein

After reading Frankenstein I couldn't help but think of the people our society deems "creatures".
I ponder the evolution of what is deemed the moral limit of science. When researching the story of Prometheus I was drawn to the relevance today. Prometheus meaning forethought, who stole fire from Zeus and then gave it to man before man was ready to handle its power. This is much like science today, cresting the limits of creation, not quite sure of its power. With our lack of ability to deal with race, sexual preference or even marriage, how can we think we are ready to deal with consequences and ramifications of what we are presently creating in laboratories all over the world.

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