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From: Alamaine Ratliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Huxley's hatcheries
> > By MICHAEL R. ALIX
> > TMNS Technology Editor
> >
> > Aldous Huxley ...did write at least one science fiction book,
> > Brave New World (1932). That was almost seventy years ago, when
> > bio-engineering was just a glint in a scientist's eye. Today,
> > the hatcheries of Brave New World are closer to reality.
> > While we endure the growth of the Internet, we look to its
> > generational cousin as a work of horror, Frankenstein's hobby
> > revisited, and wonder where it will lead.
As usual, fear-mongers invoke FRANKENSTEIN without having read
the bloody book - or maybe they're just anxious to misappropriate
a metaphor once again. Mary Shelly's FRANKENSTEIN was NOT about
the arrogance and misapplication of science; Victor Frankenstein
was NOT a mad scientist/doctor and did NOT use science to raise
the dead. Rather, Victor was a failed former medical student who
abandoned science when it didn't fulfill his spiritual quest, and
turned to MAGIC to animate the dead. His 'creature', his virtual
son, then so disgusted him that he ran off. The book is about
abandonment, about refusal to take personal responsibility for
one's actions. When you hear a speaker link FRANKENSTEIN with
alleged misdeeds of science, prepare yourself for a twisty ride
along the Luddite path - more distortions are sure to follow.
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