“I believe there’s an affinity between men and the
machines they make. They make them out of their own brains, really, a sort of
mental conception and gestation, and the result responds to the minds that
created them and to all human minds that understand and manipulate them. (32) ”
When Deirdre says this while reflecting on her body, it
seems as if she is not truly her own self anymore. Of course, it seems that she has the power to
think whatever she chooses to, judging by the fact that her brain is intact and
she spends this time talking about her feelings over the matter. However, when she describes the “affinity
between men and the machines they make,” it is almost as if it is implying that
machines must be owned, and the creator is always the closest person to his or
her machines. Therefore, it seems as though the
creator is being a good parent, yet it also seems that is implied that such a
relationship is stifling for whatever or whoever is on the receiving end of the
attention, in this case Deidre. Therefore, although it seems
that Deirdre is her own self, she seems to belong to someone else and her
freedom is almost as artificial as her body. Would
she really be able to live knowing that her physical being practically belonged
to someone else? She already was not given a choice when it came to whether or not to preserve her brain and try to rebuild her. It is almost as if
keeping her alive was definitely a mistake, for it was a first breach of her right
to her freedom before she was even conscious again.
Therefore, although the feat of rebuilding Deirdre is a huge leap for science, it seems like a huge step backwards for human rights and liberties in general. Of course, it would be understandable to anyone that the scientist who has worked long and hard to be protective of his work, and will go to many lengths to protect the experiment as a success. However, I feel that if some scientists indeed were to be so attached to their work, they would reach out the the rest of society to become more accepting of the work they do. Perhaps then, the bridge between alternate life forms and human beings could be linked.
Therefore, although the feat of rebuilding Deirdre is a huge leap for science, it seems like a huge step backwards for human rights and liberties in general. Of course, it would be understandable to anyone that the scientist who has worked long and hard to be protective of his work, and will go to many lengths to protect the experiment as a success. However, I feel that if some scientists indeed were to be so attached to their work, they would reach out the the rest of society to become more accepting of the work they do. Perhaps then, the bridge between alternate life forms and human beings could be linked.
Therefore, it seems that freedom will remain a big issue
in the rest of the short story to come, and the morality of the entire
situation seems like it will have to come to a clash soon.
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