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To: alexed who wrote (9204)	4/16/2002 11:01:10 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

What exactly is science for if does not benefit the human race? Science provides us with tools that can be of great benefit to us in our quest to develop ourselves. We can use many of the same tools to destroy ourselves, if we so choose. Tools are a necessary part of building anything, but they won't build by themselves. The tools science gives us can help us to develop ourselves, but if they aren't used wisely they will do little good and may do harm. I am not sure that science is able to provide wisdom, or that it is reasonable to ask science to provide wisdom.

To: alexed who wrote (9204)	4/16/2002 11:15:48 AM
From: Rambi	Respond to of 21057

Science is just an instrument that offers us options. It can't make us better, although I'm not terribly sure what "better" means anyway. Too often "better" means what benefits me, my family, my community, my state, my country..... and it's a long haul to get to "mankind". THere is certainly nothing wrong with trying to be a better person, but I think that's a different statement than saying "science can make us better people". (I'm not sure who said that- I have sort of gotten everything jumbled together) Karen's point about how we need to not lose control of the technology is the best reason yet, imo, not to ban cloning research. How we apply the technology, how far we take it, will be another story, but ignorance and avoidance won't solve anything; someone is going to do it, so best done here. Reading this discussion makes me think of Walters' short story, "The Monkey's Paw". We can wish for things with the best of intentions but our perspectives are skewed by our personal needs and desires. Be it magic or science, the choices are still ours how we use the tools.