[Accidental Video Post]

[screwloose]

[He's sitting in his lab, typing on his phone, his expression set in a frown. After hitting 'send' he sets it down and leans back in his chair. The lighting is dim, making it hard to see his expression, but he lets out a soft and heavy sigh]

I guess no one's even noticed.

Comments

[screwloose]

Well, obviously I'm just more brilliant than that.

Yes, really. No, the book doesn't exist in my world. Yes, I've read it.

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

I'm sure, sir.

Well that's a really unfortunate coincidence.

[screwloose]

I dunno, I found the book had some really interesting ideas!

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

I'm going to regret this, I know it. Oh, such as?

[screwloose]

Oh, you know, like putting a new person together out of scraps.

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

And I guess that you also know that it won't end well.

[screwloose]

Well, that's the theory. But you can't believe everything you read in books.

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

I don't but creating life like that it's never a good idea.

[screwloose]

Why not?

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

It screw up the natural order of things. Would it be immortal? Would it be able to feel pain, love, enjoy life? This can be a burden for the creature you create.

[screwloose]

Why does creating life screw up the natural order of things? People create life every day.

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

Yes, but not from something that lived and died.

[screwloose]

People transplant organs from dead people into the living to try to keep them alive. What's the difference if I simply build a whole living person?

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

You said you read the book, in it the moral signigicance is two fold 1) Victor Frankenstein committed an act of hubris. He created life. That is the job of God, not man. 2) Once he did create life, he walked away from it without offering nurturing and guidance. Shelley is trying to illustrate that it is morally wrong to 'play god' like Victor has.

[screwloose]

Yes, but that is a book, and this is real life. In real life, the good guys don't always win, and hubris doesn't always get you punished.

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

Why to create a life if you are going to make it miserable? That's why irresponsible parents shouldn't have kids.

[screwloose]

Who said anything about it being miserable? I think that's a pretty big assumption you're making.

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

My apologies, assuming was not the best thing to do. I just think that this kind of idea aren't a game.

[screwloose]

Oh no, it's very serious! It's also very exciting.

[cockblocksdee.livejournal.com]

It must be for a scientist.

[screwloose]

Naturally.