Too Much Knowledge In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Have you ever wondered what would happen to the world if we had too much knowledge? In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she contributes an incredible insight as to what possibly could happen in a fictional way. Having too much knowledge can have many outcomes that would be seen as dangerous. Once society gets ahold of potentially dangerous knowledge the world could fall apart before our very eyes. Possessing dangerous knowledge would most likely result in morally wrong actions being taken, harmful end results, and conflict among countries and religions. Having too much knowledge is dangerous and can result in morally wrong actions being taken that society would frown upon. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the main character Victor creates a creature from deceased people’s body parts (Shelley). This is seen as morally wrong for many reasons including grave-robbing for body parts. During the time period in which this book was written, people were toying with the …show more content…
In the video “The Clones of Polo”, one of the researchers states it is very easy to clone a human and that people have even asked him to do so from all around the world (Stahl). What would happen if dangerous countries like Russia or North Korea were able to get ahold of the ability to clone? They would be able to even create armies out of the most brutal people and even clone people with diseases to spread illness. Having too much knowledge on certain topics that have been mentioned before can cause arguments between religions as well, or even medical professionals. In the article, “Last Wish of a Dying Girl”, it discusses that her family disagreed with the idea of her being frozen and brought back to life (Freytas-tamura). If wars break out due to the conflict that is already there, religions even could create wars, the damage would be done to countries economies and their