9/23/09 Blog, Blogged on 9/24/09- Response to Presentations

There were some very interesting presentations in class yesterday. I had many thoughts running through my head over the sixty-five minute chunk of time but two overshadow the rest. I will expand a little bit on these thoughts in the following paragraphs.

I'm a little unsure as to what particular group talked about this topic, but it was along the lines of genetically engineering dinosaurs and having them live in this time period. Is it possible or would the idea truly be plausible. The answer is no. Regardless of knowledge and dreams. Introducing a brand new species would completely destroy the equilibrium of an ecosystem. Granted, dinosaurs would never be corralled in a horse pasture, but the idea would be completely insane. At the same time, dinosaurs could not survive in the 21st century. The evolution of vegetation and species would be for more diverse and different from during the Jurassic period. Regardless of engineering plants to be good for dinosaurs, a dinosaur would not be able to survive effectively today...Just look at what happened to the triceratops in the movie. It ingested a plant that was not good for it...

Lastly, a particular group brought the topic of God into the ethics of science related ideas like genetic engineering. This is fine, but saying things like genetic engineering isn't in the bible, so it shouldn't be done is taking things a little far in my opinion. Reading the bible literally is fine to an extent, but looking past the advantages of genetic engineering because its not in the bible is like saying we should drive cars because it pollutes the air. Cars aren't in the bible, why drive them? This example is a bit much, but the idea remains. is It is completely fine to center your life around God, I do my best to live this way myself. However, taking things in such a literal way is a little bit extreme...