This just came in from a reader. Some of you may have seen it already. An absolutely brilliant faux scientific talk about the process of resurrecting the lost subspecies of vampires. The callous, smug amorality is exactly how science can and often DOES go wrong. http://www.rifters.com/real/progress.htm It is also gruesomely hilarious and eerily plausible.
And yes, it has a slight anti-modernist tinge. It almost sounds like Michael Crichton & Francis Fukayama ranting against science.
But not really! Satire, dire warnings and self-preventing prophecies are very much part of the process by which science tames its own arrogance and modern people have managed (so far, much of the time) to generate positive sum games... getting the good while preventing the worst or most obvious mistakes. I'll take the latter interpretation, simply because the creator so clearly has a scientific background... plus a lot of nasty baggage viz drug companies!
Anyway, this thing is a hoot. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
