We're sorry to report that Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton passed away yesterday, but we can think of no better way to honor his memory than by continuing to read and discuss his work. For those of you who have finished reading Jurassic Park, feel free to comment on this thread. For those of you just looking into our blog, it's not too late to pick up a copy and join in our online book discussion.
I would like to open the discussion with the topic of scientific tinkering getting out of control, along the lines of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The further science advances, the more the "fiction" part of "science fiction" falls away. What do you think? Is it good for humanity or can it go too far? Let's begin there...
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It's true that we are living in an age only imagined in "science fiction." It's both good and bad that science has advanced this far and continues to make advances. Without scientific advancement, we wouldn't have cures some of the diseases that plague our world. Genetic cloning and studies have made drought resistant crops possible which allows more food to be available to more people. However, as with anything, humanity can go too far. Once the advances are "out there" and available to anyone, the scientist no longer has control over how they are used. As people, we make mistakes and often to take all possible outcomes into account. Because we wouldn't use an advance to do harm, we think no one else will. We look only at the postive aspects what the advances have made possible. We don't study or we choose to ignore the negative outcomes, like dinosaurs taking over an amusement park and then hunting and eating the attendees.
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