Dr Frankenstein
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> Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee
> Gene-edited babies: no one has the moral warrant to go it alone
> Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee
> Gene-edited babies: no one has the moral warrant to go it alone
Questions on the text: “The horror story that haunts science”
- What is “life”?
- What is “the soul”?
- Should scientists try to “restore life where it has been lost”?
- What are “Frankenfood, Frankencells, Frankenlaws, Frankenswine, and Frankendrugs” (list experiments that have drawn the "Franken-" label)?
- How legitimate is “Frankenscience”?
- Why is HEAVEN unethical?
- What is “the governing myth of modern biology”?
- What is “hubris” and what is “scientific hubris”?
- Are you an atheist?
- As a scientist, what do you see your mission as being?
- How afraid are you of what you do not understand?
- Who is today’s “Modern Prometheus” (Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, John Craig Venter, Dr. Evil)?
- Should we “banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death."
- Would you visit “Frankenstein's castle” in Minneapolis?
- Should scientists be held accountable for their scientific experiments? If yes, to whom and why?
- Are there scientific experiments you would refuse to contribute to?
- Which sectors of industry (armament, nuclear, petrochemical, biochemistry, etc.) would you, as a scientist, not work for?
- How useful is GMO research?
- Are scientists ever partial with the truth as regards the results of their experiments (if yes, why)?
- What rights do animals have (does vivisection respect those rights)?
- Do robots deserve rights?
- What are your views on ART?
- Would you like to sit on an IRB or work for the Office for Human Research Protections?
- What made Dr. Frankenstein’s creation a vengeful fiend?
- Is Dr. Frankenstein a monster?
Questions
on the text: "Why We Still Need Monsters"
- Do you enjoy horror (and serial killer) movies?
- Is Trump a monster?
- Are psychopaths “true monsters”?
- Why are people xenophobic?
- Do you feel pity for Frankenstein’s monster?
- Should people who have committed monstrous acts be executed?
