We were getting close. We were almost there. We could smell it even. Baby steps, baby steps, inching us toward a passably intelligent dialogue on the merits of stem-cell and cloning technology. Then the Frankenstein experiments had to start.
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Look, I recognize that a lot of researchers are simply following the bread crumbs, trying to find that key to move the field forward (while simultaneously making a name for themselves, of course). And I realize that most scientists have limited resources of their own, forcing them to work only on research that is fundable. And I can appreciate how fascinating and exciting an experiment involving cross-species DNA transfer would be after years of scouring Bio-chem and Gene Theory literature. I get all that. But there’s still this part of me that gets all pissy and wound up when the haphazard timing of published research yanks the mere possibility of thoughtful discussion clumsily from our grasp.
Think about it, and then try to answer this one: How do you expect intelligent design proponents to get cozy with the idea of human-engineered tissue and organs for medical purposes when there are scientists on the fringes using the very same technology to make 
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