Unplugged

December 15, 2022 5:54 am Published by EverEden Leave your thoughts

Ew.

Remember the scene in the original Matrix movie where they find Neo in a pod of goo and unplug him? I’d be lying if I didn’t already hear rumblings and see variations of this but…there is a new disturbing video making the rounds, growing a fetus/baby in an “artificial womb.” In a future-release book (written about 15 years ago LOL) I wrote about something similar. Although the ramifications weren’t/aren’t discussed in the book, they did cross my mind when I wrote it.

I couldn’t help but think of those after this disturbing clip:

The lines are blurring between science fiction/cultural progression/movie-esque bullshit. No wonder there are deranged people out there who think they’re cats or “bunny-selfs.”

A streaming team I watch covered this new idea that’s being brought forth and hoping for investors. It was cool to see something in my head on the screen as I came back into the room, but then I was informed that it was real life. Sort of. The man who put the videos on YouTube is (apparently) a film maker and someone who’s studied in the realm of these kinds of ideas and wanted to combine both projects. The 8 or 9 min feature is narrated by the stereo-typical, almost semi-robotic, calm female voice telling the viewer that this is an upcoming breakthrough.

I yelled futile but logical questions at the screen while the hosts slowly came to their own ideas about the potential ramifications and while the accompanying chat was going crazy. One of the features of this product was to be able to edit genes and stamp out unwanted genes or problematic features in a child’s future. So, you’re baby is in the pod and you find out that it might end up expressing something you don’t like, can’t deal with financially, or you don’t want to spread into the population…I guess you just unplug? There are similar practices that are accepted already; when an older mother tests to determine the likelihood her fetus will have Down’s Syndrome. They’re given the option to terminate if they feel they can’t provide for a child with “special needs.”

How far would you go?

If you could make the child in the pod more intelligent, would you choose to tweak that gene? What if we all did that? Maybe I want it to be athletically gifted, or have a giant d*ck, or a become a musical genius. But we can’t all be smart.

That’s why you’re here.

Your ancestors all survived danger, famine, and years of living in tough times – and even got laid. We’re here because our bloodlines reproduced and they were lucky. The weaker or less fortunate ones died out. This is natural selection and the way it’s “supposed” to go (- mostly, people who had bright futures are murdered all the time and accidents happen) Certain dynasties or bloodlines have ceased to exist due to moving, plagues, idiocy in all its forms. Just a thought to explain the general idea; the latest Covid information trickling out – what if this is another mass extinction in that way, eg: those dumb enough to think the Fauci sauce would save them but ended up with heart problems and died…what if that was natural selection stamping out people who can’t critically think? No offence if you got the poke, it’s just a thought, kind of a joke. #sorrynotsorrythough

One of their selling points was that it would help those who had suffered a miscarriage or someone with fertility problems/maybe gay couples. How much do you think something like this would cost? Is it going to be available for all social and socioeconomic tiers, or only for the upper echelons and Hollywood?

And, on that note, who are the people breeding humans this way? Are there going to be systems in place to prevent pedos or someone with evil intent from growing a group of lambs to slaughter in the privacy of their own home? There will probably be some sort of racket where someone who’s permitted to have this technology at home sell them on the black market for spare parts or the sex trade.

Hey, maybe that company who uses fetal tissue in flavour research might save money this way. Here is the Reuters fact-check article that tries to debunk it. The thing is, some of us are old enough to remember when it was an actual story, interviews with those-in-the-know talking about the patents on flavour made from it.

“Around the year 2001, Senomyx patented several flavor enhancers by using “proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems”, which have been previously expressed in human cell culture, in HEK293 cells.^[2] HEK293 cells are a cell line widely used in biological and medical research, immortalized through a genetic modification removed from the original human embryonic kidney cells taken from a healthy, aborted human fetus in the early 1970s.^[3]The company’s stock declined after PepsiCo reversed a trial rollout of Senomyx ingredients in their sodas in 2016.^{[4] “}

Denying the child bonding with the mother by way of being in her uterus, there are psychological issues which arise from lack of contact with a parent – that’s why there’s time for skin-to-skin contact with both parents of a newborn in the hospital. There are things that money can’t buy.

Ectolife is not a breakthrough idea. You’ve seen similar in movies and in video games and sci-fi books BUT know that this has been happening for decades, somewhere underground in a lab. Technology and experimentation are like this, with patents and rivalries between countries and cultures, you’re not going to hear about it until something is at a stage where they feel comfortable releasing the prototype or cemented idea. That’s why this particular hint at an “artificial womb” makes me roll my eyes a little…Seems like a rando wanting clicks on a video and for people to appreciate his film-making chops or maybe give him a job.

Still, it’s worth a thought to see where you stand on this idea, morally or ethically because similar stuff is coming down the pipeline at breakneck speed.

Links:

https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/artificial-womb-facility-concept-video-offers-creepy-peek-into-pregnancy-in-the-future-watch-article-96197627

https://www.youtube.com/@hashemalghailiofficialchannel