Re:Scientists grow mice embryos in a mechanical womb
by dang on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:02PM
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I've read Brave New World. Huxley is interesting! I think we've got a confusion of levels here—I was not saying anything about Huxley or his book. My point is the entirely shallow and (I would have thought) obvious observation that an internet comment saying nothing but "It's a brave new world" in a biotech thread is a cliché and unsubstantive.
If the comment had gone on to say something deeper or more specific about Brave New World in this context, that would obviously have been fine.
Re:Scientists grow mice embryos in a mechanical womb
by alacombe on Sunday March 21, 2021 @07:44PM
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> If the comment had gone on to say something deeper or more specific about Brave New World in this context, that would obviously have been fine.
Nothing else has to be said. Simple people like us don't need hundreds of page long dissertation in peer-reviewed toilet papers journal to understand basic concepts...
And as to how you're defining and establishing clichés in a novel technical process, I do not know, since the nature of novelty means there is no meaningfully recurrent pattern. And I must say I don't appreciate you wantonly imperiling the accessibility of my comment. Also I suggest you read the book, it's very good. The Island is also quite good, if you're interested. I can't speak to the rest of Huxley's work.