Tuesday, April 22, 2008

I realized I forgot to put up some electronic references when I changed my paper topic. Sorry for the delay, but here they are.

This is the scene from Jurassic Park in which they debate on the ethics of the technology developed in the park. Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern's characters are both fearful that man has gone to far and that the scientists are playing with things they do not fully understand.




This is an excerpt from George W. Bush's state of the union address in 2008. Bush argued against the use of embryonic stem cells for personal ethical reasons. He asked Congress not to pass any laws which allowed for the "unethical use of stem cells", including the cloning of human lfe, which many people see as the next step in the evolution of biotechnology.




Here is a link to an article published in Scientific American in March of 1997 in response to the cloning of Dolly the sheep. The author illustrates the infinite promise Dolly held for the scientific community, as well as the infinite controversy.

A Clone in Sheep's Cloning

1 comment:

rsd said...

These are two fantastic clips. RE: Jurassic Park, we'll see another clip from the film in class on Thursday, along with some other clips from Spielberg films.