Bio-Science at the Crossroads

Re: # 2 by zarrar2

[I do believe we need more freethinkers to capture and take custody (no joint custody) of good and spread the word.]

If it is indeed an `us-vs-them` thing, then why ``take custody`` of this commodity? Why not create / invent your own ``good``, so that none other than you can claim its custody?

[Science will prevail inevitably.]

The key operative in this assertion is ``inevitably``.

Considering the meaning of the word above, there would be a small chance, and that too only if the visible universe is to live forever.

Unfortunately, today`s scientists unanimously concur otherwise.

Re: #3 by majumdar

[In Hindu mythology we come across rishis - great and exalted humans but humans nonetheless-]

Please note the boldened word `mythology`; meaning the concept without ``scientific`` basis; pertaining to unseen and/or unknown.

[fashioning humans out of animals or sometimes just out of thoughts/sacrifical fire etc- for eg Draupadi, Drishtyadyumna etc.. Usually the humans so fashioned had exceptional characteristics]

This is far away from ``cloning``. The process above needs scientific verification and validation, just as the existance of God, to be justified as science-friendly or in sync with it. The closest words to describe this process are miracle or magic, which are again something scientifically unacceptable due to its inexplicability on tangible basis.

Nice try, though...

The two mustn`t be pitted against each other, lest both fail the humanity.

Life starts and ends with religion, because what happens before and after life is unknown and cannot be determined by science, at least not yet. Religion, on the other hand, fill in these blanks whether it matters to one or not. This is where atheism fails a free thinking mind.

The tangibles of the interim period is the knowledge, specifically for this period, and is called science. The unseen forces that influence the life in this period can only be explained via religion. Hence, science is only a subset of, or a means to reaffirm / reject, religion.

:-)~~

Re: # 1

parthaab,

excellent post ........