Karen Joy FowlerI didn't want a world in which I had to choose between blind human babies and tortured monkey ones. To be frank, that's the sort of choice I expect science to protect me from, not give me.
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I chose science to protect me, not give me. This is in response to the fact that in the past, our society has been very biased towards science and technology over children and animals. In the past, people have been given preference over children and animals because they were seen as “less important”. In the end of the day, that decision has been a huge mistake.
Children do more than crawl around on all fours. They are our future, and they are our responsibility to make sure they grow up healthy and happy. Through science, we can make sure that happens.
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