The Island of Dr. Moreau (feat. Joe Ruppel, History Nerd) : Episode 62
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The Island of Dr Moreau
What: Marlon Brando goes to island, does creepy things to animals
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, Mark Dacascos, Ron Perlman
Featuring guest co-host
Joe Ruppel, history nerd
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Show Notes
Vivisection
Definitions. Victorian science and protest movements. John Hunter and the John Byrne Irish Giant. Behaviourist views of animal feelings.
Humans as an animal
Coming to terms with our place in nature in Wells’ time. Natural selection vs selection by Moreau.
Individual plasticity and heredity
More vivisection. Human body modification and evolution.
Religious analogy
The “father” and the “laws.”
Should we do x?
Chris plays the amoral scientist monster every time we ask this question.
Carnivore vs herbivore
Moral of the story: Moreau really should have bred a race of herbivores. Would have side-stepped a lot of issues.
Transhumanism
Strategies in evolving humanity and combining with our replacement life form.
Goodbyes
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