More human than human

What are humans supposed to do with this short (productive) period of time? That's another reason to interrogate the divine architect. Why do these cells get old and stop working properly? It's not like paper dolls where one more fold and cut leaves too little material. Each new cell divides away from an old cell like a baby separating from a womb. If the real baby can live eighty years spawned from twenty to forty year-old material, why can't we gestate all new flesh and blood throughout our bodies every couple of years and molt off all the dysfunctional layers like Homer when he figures out the moral of a Simpsons episode. So many questions. No wonder god ignores us.
It's not an easy thing to meet your maker.
Labels: biology, Bladerunner, god, Simpsons
2 Comments:
Beautiful writing. Truly beautiful. Thanks for articulating questions I hadn't even thought of.
Thanks Dixie! I'm just writing about the things that I want to read about. I think this is the main point in Bladerunner that made the movie cool for me. I watched this when I was about 15 and I remember buying into the idea that these ruthless killing machines were on the loose and then finding out they just wanted to live longer (like all of us) was even more frightening.
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