The Frankenstein Complex: The Tortured Ethics Of Transhumanism

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Just because something is technologically or scientifically possible, is that reason enough to pursue it... Or more importantly, does it justify it morally or ethically? Or, as many technocrats seem to believe, are morals and ethics no longer a concern... especially when it comes to cheating death? It appears that this inherent fear of death drives some people to behave in often bizarre ways.

I wrote a while back, in another post about transhumanism, about a noted Ohio neurosurgeon- I believe his name was Dr. Robert White, but I may be mistaken- who called Dr. Frankenstein a "brilliant scientist." I remember yelling at the computer screen (I do that): "No he wasn't, he was a fictional character!" It shouldn't be much of a surprise that Dr. White and other transhumanists should feel a bond with Dr. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's book, unlike the movie that was meant to shock, was a brilliant examination of man's fear of death and the lengths he will go to to avoid it.

The eminent Dr. White had, unsuccessfully, attempted to transplant the head of one monkey onto the body of another... the hope, naturally, that if successful the procedure could eventually be repeated on a human subject. Now it seems that that time may be nearer than many of us may think.

It's no secret that China, given its history of human rights abuses, puts very little value on human life. Practices that be anathema in the Western world seem almost commonplace there- in fact China is often testing ground for technocrats and their experiments. The technocratic surveillance system and social credit system are but two examples. Their human rights transgressions exceed the political and economic spheres as well. Now surgeons there seek to replicate Dr. White's primate surgery on human beings.

"Radical medical experiments are often seen in China, rather than the US or Europe, because Technocracy has no strong ethic or desire to prevent them. If science can ‘do it’, then it should. This also appeals to the Transhuman movement which seeks to achieve immortality through science." Similar to the Frankenstein movie: "A jolt of electricity is delivered to a body with bolts attaching its head to its neck. It’s a scene straight out of a horror movie, but it is eerily close to Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero and Chinese surgeon Xiaoping Ren’s plan to transplant a human head — down to the neck bolts and electricity."

It also seems that the two surgeons have already performed this experiment on cadavers, prompting cries of outrage and "fake news" from the medical community. The article in Technocracy News goes on to say that where Dr. White failed, Dr.'s Canavero and Ren have succeeded on mice, dogs and rats. The article also refers to advances in surgery that has allowed for successful penile transplantation and the probability of being able to keep a head alive independent of the body- that can then be reattached using polyethylene glycol to reattach the spinal cord... Just glue it back on! (I'll post the link to the full article- I want to move on to something even more troublesome)

The Technocrats/Transhumanists have no intention of stopping with transplantation- that's just the "nuts and bolts" of their plan. The rest includes cloning and hybridization. Hybridization is the catapult that will propel cloning of humans. When hybridization science started out, it was assumed that the genes of humans and animals would only be combined enough so that animal organs could successfully transplanted into human subjects to replace damaged livers etc.. Now the scientists are seeing how far they can push that envelope... now they're shooting for 50/50. The following video provides an historical backdrop for the hybridization science up until now...

Once, this becomes acceptable, all bets are off. The door to human cloning will be thrown wide open. Geneticists are already working on combining stem cells to create a viable human embryo. After all, if it can be done on an animal, or human/animal hybrid up to 50/50 or more- why not a human being? The stem cell research has been done consistently and with success. The purpose, according to Dr. Nicolas Rivron of Maastricht University, is to provide blastocysts upon which they can test new medicines, designed to prevent miscarriages.

“I do not believe in using blastocysts for human reproduction. This is ethically very questionable, this would be clones of somebody who is already alive. Human cloning is totally forbidden,” says Dr. Rivon. Although he is probably being forthcoming, that doesn't guarantee that the next guy will be so ethical... or guarantee that the technology won't fall into the hands of rogue scientists.

If we didn't learn anything else from the advent of atomic energy, it's that any science can be used equally for good or evil... Genetics and bioengineering are no different. There is no guarantee that the next Third Reich won't get hold of this technology and use it to engineer an army of genetically enhanced hybrids. Some things are better left alone.

https://www.technocracy.news/frankenstein-surgeons-in-china-looking-to-transplant-a-human-head/
https://www.technocracy.news/fears-raised-over-human-cloning/