Genetic Engineering is really a fascinating topic, and much can be said about the possibilities that are opened for helping humans, and perhaps animals, in attaining a higher degree of health.
It is interesting to see a phosphorescent leaf, or frog or butterfly, or
_________. You fill in the blank. But, how does that leaf, or frog, or butterfly feel about being a freak in nature? Do they have their own sense of self? And do we cause great violence to these other organisms when we impose our own will upon them, and change their existence? How can they tell us? How do we know?
Will changing their life story result in karmanic retribution? Am I willing, as an artist, to possibly cause pain and suffering to other life forms, not because of my need for nourishment and survival, but because I want to experiment in a different type of art?
I don't think so.
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