Gattaca

As interesting and frightening dystopia might be, one can’t seem to stop thinking about it once it is on someone’s mind. The dystopian stories make people appreciate the world they currently live in instead of the horrific world the characters do. The fact that the things in these dystopian books or movies can actually happen is truly daunting. Dystopia is interesting to the people because they only catch a glimpse of the horrific world and get a sense of comfort knowing they are safe because…

When a novel or movie is classed as being fictional, it is automatically assumed that the content inside is not related to our society today even if it is set in places or times different from our own. In the fictional novel Fahrenheit 451, the author Ray Bradbury is able to display ideas and problems that occur in our everyday lives even though it was written during the 1950’s. Bradbury is able to show the impact of technology on a society which includes the advantages that it has on that…

choose their sex selection then what will be next? Everything about a natural birth would be thrown out the window. Scientist will eventually be able to combine the sperm choosing and the sex selection together to make a genetically engineered child. GATTACA would be our prime example of the…

The concept however, has been appeared in the society since 1997 with the movie “Gattaca”, where the fate of every human being is controlled by the Gattaca Corporation, based on the person genes. The movie was labeled as a futuristic sci-fi thriller. However, that futuristic scenario seems to be already here. For the first time in history, at 2009, a process known as…

Dystopian fiction shows what would happen if one or more of the flaws in the present day is taken to the extreme in a society. Utopian fiction shows what would happen if our achievements and more were brought into the author's version of the "perfect society." Dystopian societies are societies that were meant to be utopias but turned out to have major flaws. Dystopian fiction is not only to entertain but in a way to inform that there is something wrong with our society. The possible effects a…

To my fellow scientist near and far, I come before you to contribute my ideas to the question at hand. I do not intend to make this the center of my work and legacy from this point forward.However, I do believe that it is very Important that I contribute to the discussion as a way to support our growing scientific community by any means necessary. I was asked my opinion about the ethicality of designer babies. Here is my most definite opinion about the subject. If when you say designer babies…

should be allowed to identify one’s birth gender, but transexuality (changing one’s gender) should not be allowed at birth. Genetic modification should be allowed if one is born with diseases so they can have a better life. For example, from the movie Gattaca, Vincent Anton Freeman was born with a life threatening heart problem. At birth, doctors only gave him twenty to thirty years to live at most. His lifelong dream was to go into space. He looked up and watch every single rocket launch up,…

that after seeing Gattaca (1997), a movie in which parents are able to choose their children’s traits, many people were “horrified” with the thought of genetic modification for reasons such as designing a child to fit the parents’ wishes (178-79). Green also suggests that a child may not be able to feel proud of himself or herself when he or she accomplishes something that the parents chose the gene for, such as succeeding in athletics. He states that some people who had seen Gattaca might…

Synthetic Biology, Science Fiction, and the Escape from Boredom Synthetic biology may seem like an area of study that is not very connected to our popular culture, and it comes across much like a field inaccessible to the non-expert, but Kurt Andersen, who reports with Eric Molinsky, the producer of the article “Biology in Pop Culture”, has seen these ideas present in popular culture for decades. Screenwriters, such as Kurt Andersen are keen to two basic archetypes. These two basic archetypes…

The Disembodied Universe The Accidental Universe, by Alan Lightman, is considered one of the most controversial and fascinating novels. Lightman ponders unanswered questions about the universe, as well as the emotional questions such as molecular biology and other scientific discoveries. For example, in the chapter titled “The Disembodied Universe”, Alan Lightman mentions that there have been particular molecules discovered that encode the instructions for making new human beings. After reading…