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Scientific Responsibility In Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park

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Scientific responsibility can be defined as a duty to deal with a certain task within the principles of science. In the science fiction thriller, Jurassic Park the author Michael Crichton, attempts to show what could happen if dinosaurs were brought back to life through cloning. If scientific responsibly is not taken seriously, it can cause a lot of damage and or even death. Cloning is a replicate of a fragment of DNA and used to create an identical copy of humans, animals, and/or nature. There are advantages and disadvantages to the medical benefits of cloning. Some advantages include: organ replacement (organ donors); and cloning can help infertile couple when they want to have children. Some disadvantages include: the degree of uncertainty,

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