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Originally posted by cashmoney
Yea, but do you or do you not agree that a standard should be set or a threshold drawn that must not be crossed? I mean, with advancement also come destruction. Einstein as well as Oppenheimer both thought the same....who are we to play god?
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Alright... how do we determine what is the limits are? How do we limit what avenues of research we can explore? I will never advocate a scientific threshold barrier... it smacks to much of Ludites or other fanatical opposition to science. Every country or culture has ethical or moral limitations to how research is conducted, but I tremble at the thought of any fanatical (religious, political, economic) group dictating what is "okay" science or technology.
Now as for the statement "who are we to play God?"... taken from a humanist standpoint, there is no God per se, but the inherent divinty of man acting under the imperitive to improve or grow. As for a religious perspective, God gave humanity free choice, for better or worse, but if we limit knowledge or research on religious grounds we are then holding ourselves to the standards of the so called "Dark Ages".
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