Blog 19

Immoral Science by Dan Jones is an article that establishes a view on how some scientific developments create for an intense emotional response. Why is it that experiments, such as human-animal hybrids, genetically modified organisms, and designer babies, get the title of being “immoral” research? “As societies become more scientifically literate, scientific developments may well be judged more from a position of knowledge and less on the basis of intuitive responses driven by moral heuristics” (Jones, n.p.). This quote examines the different opinions between the uneducated and the educated audience. Ignorance can be correlated with the rejection of valuable scientific research. Without any knowledge, the idea of creating human-animal hybrids and cloning sound pretty appalling and unsafe, but by educating, the analyzers obtain a better sense of the pros and cons that go into the research. For example, during the interviewing of random people on the street in the sixth episode of Dollhouse, none of the people interviewed had any idea of what the Dollhouse was, other than being told that it was a place where rich people would buy programmed people. Most of the people said absurd things that did not even provide a scientific view. Of course their opinions were not legitimate. None of them had any idea about what the subject had in store for humanity. Also, it is important to notify that knowledge will not directly create for an instant approval of an experiment, but it’ll create for better opinions to be considered by the world.