The idea of progress - Pierre TS3

The idea of progress

I am going to talk about the idea of progress through four documents in a sequence “Brave New World” and they are two extracts of texts, a caricature and a film. The idea of progress is an advancing in a development scientific.

The first document that studied is a caricature. In this caricature, there are many perfect men on a conveyor belt, and one different man who is weak. The skinny man is rejeted. They have been rejeted because of their short commings and he doesn't correspond to the ideal of standardization.

They are clones, it's a selective breeding or genetic engineering or eugenics, and today, it's oublowed.

I'm think that no es un idea of progress because there is a selection of human.

The cartoonist is message is that scientists will be likely to create the perfect man or woman.

After, the second document is an extract of the text on a test-tube babies. They are inside a kind of glass egg, like an incubator and the scientists try to eliminate abnormalities to fabricate millions of identical “twins”.

So, I'm think bad if there are no limits and is bad from the idea of progress.

A lot of people would disagreebecause it's not natural. Everyone would think the same thoughts and we wouldn't have a feeling of personal identity.

And I think that the situation doesn't represent progress but reprensents the human stupidity.

The human become more robots or machines that be really humain.

The third document is an extract of film that the tittle is “The Sixth Day”. They are two characters, a salesman who wants to sell cloned pet. And a father, who wants to clone his daughter's dog. There is an advantage that are benefits. I'm think they are new technologies for clone dogs but it's a negative points for the scientific progress because it's dangerous and haven't soul. It's an innovation but it's a heartbreak.

And this last document is an article from an internet newspaper about designer babies. There are two scientists who make the test-tube on babies. They are trying to create a perfect baby but it's ironic because they are using themselves as a model and they are fat. A genetic modification is a reality today. It's a science fact and their parents can choose their baby's gender, hair colour, eye colour, health and intelligence. They search the best baby. It's a scientific progress and technical progress. It's an innovation.