Europium: August 2018

Dr Frankenstein

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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?