Bacteria for dummies
I recently read one article that said scientists have succeeded in creating life. Or, to be more accurate, they artificially built the RNA strand that was the basis for the bacterium, and let it cultivate into full grown bacteria! Wowee.. legends have a basis in history, just as fiction has a basis in science.
We won't have to wait another century before we perfect the first DNA strand rat created by man, the first sheep, etc.etc...all the way to the first person. And by then our theorists on human rights and evolutionists and creationists would be in a new paradigm to accommodate the change in technology. Then people could actually specifically engineer offspring to suit themselves! I can just imagine somebody like me in 100 years saying "I want my child to be tall, have brown eyes, and brown hair with highlights!". And then children would come with label warnings : Product non-refundable if damaged. Sure, it might seem too far-fetched now, but then again , so was the cloning of a sheep which was deemed "ludicrous" by scientists in 1979 Makes you wonder.. can they replicate the human soul? Whats the coding for it? or is it just another by-product of all those molecular and neurology processes in the brain. That's what science has labeled homo sapiens in a nutshell; well, a shell for the biological marvels devoid of any real spirit and the stuff of religion. Emotions are just an evolutionary step to survival.
On a lighter side, I'm dreading the flight back to australia. don't get me wrong, I'm already missing that place. All the hype about Malaysia and old friends and food has already worn off around the 2nd week of January. Oh why o why did i take Jetstar? now i'll have to contend with 8 hours of NO FOOD and NO TV. I'll probably take some books to read.
This is a picture of my new babies.
Its a desktop speaker set that cost me about RM150. Its gorgeous!! Its like my mini altar where everyday i bow down to it. lol. Just kidding. currently York is occupying his place of honor atop one of the speakers.
Just yesterday Joanne told me that she was planning to go to Aussie. I mean like, permanently migrate there. Walao! it seems like they're so many malaysians that are migrating there recently. Of course i have my own theories on that, but i'll save that for the next blog. Lunch comes first =)
