To Peter:
>Glove:
>
>The way I see it, Dynamic Quality cannot be "fixed" within static quality.
>It can only be locked out, so to speak, resulting in a stasis, or a
>perceived evil according to the Metaphysics of Quality. Any attempt to
"fix"
>Dynamic Quality will result in stagnation and extinction, not further
>evolution. I suppose you could view that as an ultimate evil if you wished.
>And with our fast-growing genetic engineering capabilities, some serious
>ethical questions are sure to be challenged very soon.
>
Peter:
According to an item on the BBC last night on the 'Geron' corporation's
plans it could be sooner than you think.
Human cloning certainly represents the possibility to end the
environment over inheritance argument once and for all. Given the
capability of carrying forward the same genetic individual from
generation to generation eliminates the part that purely biological
evolution has to play in the development towards higher value. That's
not to say that what Julian Huxley calls 'psycho-social evolution'
(Essays of a Humanist) does not feature very significantly in
determining the survival of the fittest. With a static genotype the only
evolution possible for the (identical) offspring would be 'psycho-
social'. Would the MOQ rate this as stasis ?
Glove:
I think so, yes, 'course thats only my opinion. It seems to me that all four
levels of the Metaphysics of Quality must be in a kind of harmony, and
serious ramifications will result if any attempt is made to "fix" Dynamic
Quality at the biological level, eventually resulting in stagnation and
extinction. I happened to read an article a couple weeks ago in the New
Scientist magazine about "Why are the clones dying young?" which the
Metaphysics of Quality may help explain.
I did a search on Julian Huxley and found part of his Essays on a Humanist,
but other than that I am not familar with him at all. He seems to have
somewhat of a religious fervor, does he not?
best wishes,
glove
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