tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post111127402577570634..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1111777428546100362005-03-25T14:03:00.000-05:002005-03-25T14:03:00.000-05:00Re: Biological Error. I chose my language carefu...Re: Biological Error. <BR/><BR/>I chose my language carefully. Notice how I said that homosexuality may be "caused" by a biological error. Not that homosexuality WAS the biological error.<BR/><BR/>Re: Brave New World. Did that really happen in the book? I never read it. I suppose I should one day.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting that that book, along with many others probably raised issues that continued on into scientific and ethical debates and subsequently appeared in many later works of science fiction.<BR/><BR/>One (comic) book series that I did read was John Byrne's "The World of Krypton" where Byrne details the history of Krypton before it exploded. <BR/><BR/>Because he is a science fiction buff, he "borrows" much from other sources as he shows Krypton, which probably looks something like a Brave New World.<BR/><BR/>They had their own "clone" wars, where using clones as spare parts created their own ethical problems. Eventually science progressed to the point where Krypton didn't need to clone to solve health problems.<BR/><BR/>And people didn't die on Krypton, except in freak, rare, unexpected circumstances. Because they didn't die, population had to be controlled by forbidding births. Only every once in a blue moon could a new Kryptionian be born and when they were, it was in artificial wombs of course.<BR/><BR/>And Kal El was one of the last, if not the last Kryptonian to be born.<BR/><BR/>Amazing that I read the 4-part series only once and that was 17 years ago when I was 14 and I still remember all that.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1111774816370928712005-03-25T13:20:00.000-05:002005-03-25T13:20:00.000-05:00>If we grow babies in artificial wombs, science wi...>If we grow babies in artificial wombs, science will certainly make sure that this hormonal process will occur without such "glitches" that are more likely to occur naturally.<BR/><BR/>Of course, this was discovered to be a problem in Brave New World, so they had to <I>introduce</I> errors into the batches of fetuses so that a properly diverse society could be maintained.John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15367755435877853172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1111774674312684362005-03-25T13:17:00.000-05:002005-03-25T13:17:00.000-05:00>And this process is very delicate and hence prone...>And this process is very delicate and hence prone to biological error. Homosexuality may be caused by such an error.<BR/><BR/>Uh-oh, Jon, I think the StopDrLaura people are designing www.StopProfessorJon.com as we speak...John Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15367755435877853172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1111637457453472852005-03-23T23:10:00.000-05:002005-03-23T23:10:00.000-05:00kewl! Comments! ;)kewl! Comments! ;)Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14777483678013218629noreply@blogger.com