From: James (james@lab6.com)
Date: Wed Aug 06 2003 - 04:09:56 MDT
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 05:43:49PM +1000, Brett Paatsch wrote:
> I think my level of personal optimism peaked around
> 1999/2000 when Dolly was cloned, the human genome
> was racing along, Thomson and Gearheart had isolated
> human embryonic stem cells. I was aware that books
> like Damien Brodericks Last Mortal generation were
> seeping into the social and cultural groundwater and
> I was discovering to my delight the power of the internet
> and the range of kindred spirits or thinkers of likemind
> exploring such issues as cryonics, uploading, biotechnology,
> ethics etc. It seemed then that the world had grown up
> and the time and opportunity for serious change had never
> been better.
>
> Then Bush won the presidency and put embryonic stem
> cell research (which we need for basic understanding of life)
> in concrete and did his best to sink it.
The 21st century started in August 1991 and ended November 2000. I
thought it was going somewhere too.
-- James <james@lab6.com> <http://james.lab6.com>
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