Myth of Rational Science – Page 2 – Rural Tompkins County

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “Rise of the Evil Ones” – Sanitizing Nanotechnology

Dr. Frankenstein has gone mainstream – nothing can stand in the way of Science; there are no ethical or moral boundaries; no value of human life or real concern for repercussions that will stop it. Science has taken a cue from the “One Thought” Doctrine of today; and written their own mantra: “I can; therefor I will.”

When the extinction of the human race is in the balance – what can you weigh it against? And how could you trust anyone that thinks that they can?

Even if we tried to stop the progress of our runaway adolescence – the breaking distance extends far into the future; and we’ve still got our foot on the gas pedal.

Gray Goo may be a low order of probability — but we seem obsessed with rolling the dice.

“All Roads Lead to Cornithaca” – “This Frypan, Earth” Movie poster

“Inspired by Scientific Fact!” It’s a new deal in the fight against Global Warming – but the big players have already been shuffled to the bottom of the deck.

A psychologist once told me that doctors were taught arrogance at school. Now, all our “professionals” seem to have caught the bug. They have the pride of a child who feels in control because he or she has gotten the machine to move: without worrying about how to stop it.

The roles that government, business and, science have taken on for themselves is the same recipe used to plot monster and horror stories throughout the millennia — power, pride, greed, and victims.

Proponents of genetically modified and manipulated organisms, nano-technology, artificial intelligence, and more are bursting the unguarded safeguards of reason and caution. They’re itching to make their toys run – and have no idea how to stop them.

As our ability to start things far outstrips our understanding; and our power to effect change becomes world-class – the coming fall; may be the end for all.

“Cornithaca County” Book Preview – “The Myth of Rational Science”

It’s more than just lab coats; there seems to be an aura of “otherness” that pervades scientific experimentation. It’s as if their actions have the same natural inevitability as gravity, and are divorced from the human sphere of care and compassion.

Their view from the scientific heights delights in portraying people as insignificant and ephemeral, but it’s only people that give Science any meaning.

Science is not in the service of the Universe, it’s in the service of people.