So last night, once I got home after a lovely get together put on by my old friend Eric, I was stumbling across the internet with my science filter on (yeah I know, I'm a nerd but I'm also bio major with a chem minor so it's justified!) I found this on National Geographic . . .
A NEW SPECIES OF LEOPARD! Are you kidding me?! Here's the link if you wanted to read more:
Now discovering a new species of leopard is absolutely fantastic, I imagine nobody would argue against that, but one thing I've discovered in recent months is that science cannot operate in a vacuum, reclusive and isolated from society. That is to say, that sometimes, even if the science is unquestionably sound, the math is perfectly correct, and the numbers and theories add up and make sense, the science in itself is not right because the world isn’t ready for it be. I wrote a paper a while back on genetic engineering and how our society, one staked so deeply in vanity, greed, and oneupmanship would not be ready for such a huge development in science and medical technology because of our tendencies for discrimination, the likelihood to further perpetuate the divide between the poor and wealthy, and our proclivity for advancement at all costs that may prove with devastating and irreversible consequences that as human beings, our reach can often exceed our grasp (splice anyone?). I understand though that something should always be said about being overly conservative and accepting the status quo simply because it is the status quo. If we are not challenging it, then we are not advancing and we become stagnant as a society. Something should also be said, however, about restraint. Radically challenging the status quo without precaution can have sweeping and lasting consequences that are difficult to predict and even harder to prepare for . . . so what the hell does this all have to do with a leopard? All science, even zoology, cannot exist and advance at pace all its own, laissez faire and free of society and it's rules, free of any and all of the resulting social ramifications and consequences that certainly may arise from announcing something like the discovery of a new species of leopard. This, after all, is what this post is about. Ever since the new leopard came out I've been having trouble sleeping at night knowing that my fuckin house key is now outdated!
(yeah, thats a five sided rubix cube. one side done!)
I HATE having the older version of things! I want the new leopard print key, not the shitty original leopard species fur one :[ Damn you science, how dare you progress at a pace that tacky house key designs cannot keep up with! I love you, but sometimes I hate you, and right now is sometimes, dick.
(get fit-ididid)
-Brian
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