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I don't like medical examinations. They feel rather freaky, though I have to admit that the doctor was nice. The psychological testing part was fascinating, hahah. It was mentioned in the form but not explicitly stated so when the doctor started asking me various questions related to what I want to do with my life and etc., I kept thinking "OH so this is the part where he determines whether I'm a psychotic nutcase".

We had this discussion on ethical issues ('cause I said that I'll probably be doing life sciences and that I want to teach eventually), and this idea he mentioned was good food-for-thought. The gist of what he mentioned goes something like this: In real life, we're always valuing things and using people, but there's always a struggle in our hearts because we should value people and use things.

The whole thing started with cloning. Then we moved on to embryonic stem cell research (Ah, the last chapter of JC bio.), which led to the ethical issues part. One thing I learnt was that the authorities (Bioethics Committee, I think) determines day 14 as the start of life.
So what are we from days 1 to 13? Non-living?
If this law is laid down just so embryos can be harvested for stem cell research, I think it's majorly wrong.
But it's also true that money makes the world go round, and a lot of things that people do are done for their own selfish gains.
Of course there're people who care for others and give selflessly. The unfortunate thing is that they're the minority. I'm not saying I'm a saint; it's just that... don't you ever wonder why the world is so screwed up sometimes?

Also, since the screwed-up-ness of the world is caused by man, how does that reflect on our inherent nature?

Mmm. Just wondering.