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Chimeras Attack! Jane Goodall Missing 1 comment

christopher thomas scott wrote 3 months ago: Christopher Thomas Scott World Press International Port of San Francisco: April 1, 2009 The creepy … more →

Tags: Bioethics, chimeras, Top News, cirque de soleil, Henry Kissinger, Jane Goodall, Mickey Rourke, PETA, Sam Brownback

Interconnectedness1 comment

v2009 wrote 5 months ago: Throughout Huxley’s Evolution and Ethics, I couldn’t help but notice a theme of interconnectedness … more →

Tags: Ethics of science, Thomas Huxley, religion and science, Alexander Pope, experimentation on animals

Human Capacity in The Island of Dr. Moreau

matteatough wrote 5 months ago: In Mark Greene et al.’s article “Moral Issues of Human-Non-Human Primate Neural Grafting,” the colle … more →

Tags: chimeras, Ethics of science, neural grafting, cognitive capacities, The Uncanny

Linguistic Determinism and H. G. Wells

heatherfreeman wrote 5 months ago:             Reading The Island of Dr. Moreau can be a rather troubling experience, not least becaus … more →

Tags: chimeras, Genetic engineering, animals and language, Linguistics, victorian stereotypes, wells

Ethical Systems, Religion, and (more) Genealogies

michaelalijewicz wrote 5 months ago: In Mel Brooks’ Star Wars spoof, Spaceballs, the plot begins because the female protagonist (a princ … more →

Tags: science and humanities, Evolution, Ethics of science, Religion and genetics, Darwin, ethics, Religion, Stoics, Christianity

The Scientist as Artist in The Island of Dr. Moreau

carihova wrote 5 months ago: Dr. Moreau seems, initially, to be a nightmarish example of a hyperscientific mind. Cold, calculatin … more →

Tags: chimeras, Ethics of science, Art, rationalities, Heart of Darkness, aesthetic

Listen... do you wanna know a secret?6 comments

rhsmith wrote 8 months ago: One of the downsides of being a horror movie fan for over 40 years is that, by this point, I’ … more →

Tags: Classic Films, George Zucco, Michael Powell, J. Carrol Naish, Dr. Renault's Secret, John Shepperd, Shepperd Strucwick, Lynne Roberts, Mike Mazurki

Island of Dr.Moreau2 comments

dannysorby wrote 10 months ago: I finished the Island of Dr. Moreau last night, it was an exhilarating book though only short. My he … more →

Tags: wells, Literature, Review

Plum Island: CT's Biggest Threat

anticouric wrote 10 months ago: Sure, you go down to the shore and catch a ferry over to Block Island or Long Island and you think a … more →

Tags: Anti-Couric, The Prime Cut, Animal Hybrids, Lyme Disease, montauk monster, Plum Island, secret mutant army, West Nile virus

Puppy Clones go to The Highest Bidder!2 comments

1yellowsub wrote 1 year ago: Fido V2.0 has arrived! The Associated Press is reporting that it has been announced that five aucti … more →

Tags: Rant, Science Fiction, Comedy, News, clone, Cloning, clones, Puppies, Auction

Religion Is Human1 comment

alecpetersen wrote 1 year ago: In the Island of Dr. Moreau the beast people congregate in a community in corner of the Island, whe … more →

The Vatican Denounces Genetic Manipulation2 comments

zacr12 wrote 1 year ago: While surfing the internet this evening, I ran across an interesting news piece from cnn.com. The Va … more →

Tags: Genetic engineering, Religion and genetics, vatican, Catholicism, genetics and agriculture

Humanity's Vanity1 comment

b2majmudar wrote 1 year ago:           These past few readings have revealed to me just how conceited we humans are about ourselv … more →

Tags: chimeras, Stem Cell Research, Genetic engineering, science and humanities, Evolution, neural stem cells

Foreshadowing in Dr. Moreau1 comment

oconneds wrote 1 year ago: Wells uses an ample amount of foreshadowing in the initial chapters of the book. He gives the reader … more →

Man and Beast on an Equal Playing Field3 comments

miriahgmartin wrote 1 year ago: Many philosophers and religious scholars have suggested that morality serves as the primary distingu … more →

Tags: science and humanities

The Island Universe1 comment

Mismatched Sox wrote 1 year ago: The topic of religion seems to be of great importance to the books we have read in this course. In I … more →

Tags: Evolution, Never Let Me Go, Religion and genetics, God is dead, H. G. Wells, natural selection, Nietzsche

Dr. Moreau and Oshii Mamoru2 comments

bosiedouglas wrote 1 year ago: “The human is no match for a doll, in its form, its elegance in motion, its very being. The in … more →

Tags: chimeras, anime

Insights on the "Thing in the Forest"1 comment

shennt wrote 1 year ago: In The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, the chapter titled “The Thing in the Forest” particularl … more →

Tags: chimeras, Stem Cell Research

Island of Dr. Moreau3 comments

rantsandreads wrote 1 year ago: Book #2 of 2008! Done!! This book was much more eerie than War of the Worlds. This one tread too dan … more →

Tags: Adult Fiction, Books, The Liar's Club, Blankets, Sci-Fi


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