tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post1540963589267341137..comments2024-03-15T00:18:17.761-07:00Comments on Biology in Science Fiction: Biology is the New PhysicsPeggy Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-21976930382052131272007-06-18T20:31:00.000-07:002007-06-18T20:31:00.000-07:00Paul: I've always loved your concept of Amish usin...Paul: I've always loved your concept of Amish using advanced genetic engineering. To me that's the cutting edge of science.<BR/><BR/>Meika: I know what you mean. The hard drive in my laptop barely survived into toddlerhood.Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-47088046294206199672007-06-18T20:02:00.000-07:002007-06-18T20:02:00.000-07:00It's probably in part because our flesh decays and...<I>It's probably in part because our flesh decays and is susceptible to disease and also in part because there are limits to the conditions in which the human body can survive.</I><BR/><BR/>Like I said, I must be getting old...<BR/><BR/>and that said, I'd say that wetware still has the track record over silicon and copper. I mean where's the evidence they can last as long as our bodies have now meikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890962242664851062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-25204882297353325542007-06-17T15:29:00.000-07:002007-06-17T15:29:00.000-07:00I agree, completely! Paul, The Silk CodeI agree, completely! Paul, <A HREF="http://www.paullevinson.net/archives/entries/books_by_paul.phtml#silkcode" REL="nofollow">The Silk Code</A>Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-26200190003307378372007-06-17T14:51:00.000-07:002007-06-17T14:51:00.000-07:00Meika: I think Turner may be right. While physicis...Meika: I think Turner may be right. While physicists are great at making things blow up, biologists can change the human body in horrifying ways and create terrible new diseases. I think that's why the "mad scientists" in horror books and movies are more likely to be biologists of some sort.<BR/><BR/>Michal: There are a number of people that would argue that moving "consciousness" (or at least Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-83162875710560243972007-06-16T22:17:00.000-07:002007-06-16T22:17:00.000-07:00I can only hope this means that biology as biology...I can only hope this means that biology as biology (in all its messiness) wil be taken more seriously in science fiction. There are so many science fiction tales premised on the idea that it is possible to separate consciousness from the biologicial body and upload into some computer without it being in any way problematic. It's as if there is something to be despised in having consciousness Michal Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01661248270900030393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34970069.post-49852313888909224942007-06-14T15:43:00.000-07:002007-06-14T15:43:00.000-07:00George Turner opened his Beloved Son (1978) with a...<A HREF="http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asff/george.htm" REL="nofollow"> George Turner</A> opened his <B>Beloved Son</B> (1978) with a quote saying that soon it would be the biologists and not the physicists who would be locked up. This is from memory as I don't have a copy at hand. In fact I wonder where it is; I think I bought it with some class prize gift certificate in about 1980, in grade 9 or meikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890962242664851062noreply@blogger.com