I walk into the room which accommodates all my lovely plants. The humid air hitting me seems all so familiar, but I can not help letting out a sigh of content. I walk to a bush of lavender roses and roll her petals in between my fingers. Lovely.
"Ah! Looking as beautiful as ever Miss Rose", I smile warmly at her. She does not respond to my remark. I simply refer to her as the "silent beauty". I side-step and begin to greet Mister Cactus. "Good day to you Mister Cactus", I say to him as I take a bow. "Feeling a bit prickly today aren't you?" I laugh at my own joke as I walk into the middle of the room. "Now, what shall we plant today my dears?" I inquire my audience. Placing a hand under my chin I began to think. "Maybe more roses? Or maybe some pansies?" I start to make a list. I stop while my hands drop to my sides. I smile warmly at everyone and say, "Let us plant a human today my dears."
I just recently read a book titled The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen. I will not explain a whole lot about the book, but you may have gotten the idea already. If you have not yet, then the book is about a greenhouse that grows humans.
After reading Brave New World I began to ponder over the thought of making humans in test tubes. Then The Gardener popped into my head. Making humans in test tubes and in greenhouses are two different things, but they do have some similarities behind them.
Some of my peers have posted on how medical science and science in general are quickly being advanced. The thought of growing humans in test tubes and such can be quite harrowing, and is odd enough to raise doubts. The idea doesn't seem so far off since our technology is moving along at a surprising rate. So, one obvious similarity of the two is that they have ethical conflicts. We could probably argue all day whether growing humans in test tubes
or greenhouses is right or wrong. Or at least until one of is no longer amused.
I would like to say that I do not have many objections to growing humans in test tubes and the such. Rather I am quite open about the idea. I am actually more doubtful about how the technology, if discovered, which it probably will be, is used. Being able to mass produce clones of humans means we could start armies and rage warfare. The idea may seem far-fetched, but I guarantee you, it may happen. Growing humans in green houses means they do not have to be fed. All they need are sunlight, carbon dioxide, and I guess water (?). Soldiers that do not need to be fed saves a lot of resources. To wage war or to wage peace. Which one do you fear more?
So, the idea of these two raises some ethical conflicts between people. Do you support the ideas or do you object them? Also, would you rather have humans grown from test tubes or green houses? Let your voice be heard. Happiness is only a comment away.
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What's wrong with pregnancy? I mean, besides its risks and complications, the experience itself can be deeply beneficial for both the mother and her child -- and yes, childbirth hurts like crazy. There are drugs more and more readily available to mask that pain, justified by the idea that pain puts undue stress on mother and child...I'd say since about 1990, there have been fewer and fewer stories of non-cesarean childbirth that did not involve the epidural...purely anecdotal evidence, but there you have it.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I submit for your consideration the idea that life in general is, and always has been, a risky proposition. I'm not sure we were designed to avoid pain and physical discomfort 100% of the time. Look at us: we live on a little blue planet, and we are hurtling through space at an incredible rate of speed. The universe is itself expanding and changing. We share atoms with the stars; quarks and dark matter surround us, and we live with all manner of wonder and mystery.
How arrogant for the human being to suppose that he can impose order and control to every little corner of human life. How dull. How insane.
[*Can anyone spot my euphemism? It's a doozy.*]
I don't think there is anything wrong with pregnancy, but Henry Foster may be dumbfounded at the remark if he were here. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with pregnancy. I can not say much about the pain.
ReplyDeleteI will take into consideration that life is risky, and has been risky. Will it always be risky though? I'm sure if we were designed to avoid pain and discomfort 100% of the time we would probably be dead or extinct by now. Since we are not designed that way I believe people will find ways to get around that, or at least try to. Maybe they will even find a way to control the universe while they are at it.