Science should never be governed by mysticism. Yes it has been held back for decades because of ridiculous shit like this. What makes matters worse are shows like Helix which purport that ungoverned science brings about disastrous abominations.
Science should never be governed by mysticism. Yes it has been held back for decades because of ridiculous shit like this. What makes matters worse are shows like Helix which purport that ungoverned science brings about disastrous abominations.
This image sums it up pretty good as its often religion that slows things down...
'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
It would have been developed anyway. Just later. The research based on ESC would have continued instead of having to wait (continue at a much slower pace) for relatively unreliable (at this point) adult derived stem cells. We're still pretty early, and there's still a lot of pure research to be done. Research that would have been done a decade ago.
BTW, the research that's been stymied by the ban isn't just for replacement organs. It's essentially hampered all gene therapy research because there is a lot of cross over in manipulating stem cells and being able to conditionally express genes (for example expressing that 3rd copy of a chromosome, or expressing the gene that causes cystic fibrosis).
Needless to say that entire history of humanity is a perfect example of this.This is where I have a hard time thinking of why peoples' uneducated thoughts should hamper progress
You are not the only one. Still some moral restrictions must be kept.I just wish scientific progress for the greater good would supersede ignorant opinions too often derived from dogma
'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Divine Command Theory is a type of ethics. Not sure what you mean by "different magic system". Also, ethics =/= religion. Ethics (while this IS short and does not do the word justice, please bear with it unless you are interested) is the way in which people do things and why.
It asserts that morality is something tangible instead of it being a huge load of subjective bullshit.
For instance regarding medical and scientific ethics specifically a long philosophical paper was written claiming how immoral cloning was. This was back in the 90's when it first started. I believe the guy was talking about how repugnant cloning was. He goes on and on to say that it is just immoral and wrong, but he couldn't point his finger on why this was so he just felt it. Then he claims that when these scientific questions come up that it's up to philosophers to find the answers... The science throughout the paper was accurate but the morality approaches were ridiculous. "You will never really love a cloned child". Sorry adopted kids your parents don't love you. Even more asinine shit than that was written but I can't recall it at the moment.
Ethical questions are really hinged on the idea that morality is something real when it's not at all. They speak as if there is an absolute right or wrong when really it is a sequence of literary tricks meant to muddle the minds of the masses into agreeing with whatever bullshit they are trying to spin.
Last edited by Coombs; 2014-10-30 at 06:57 PM.