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Welcome to the first ever ESA Virtual Book Club!
Hello, Peeps!
If you're reading this, you are either a Brit Lit Scholar, a Landy, or a friend of The Landys. Welcome! I'm so glad that you have chosen to participate in our group reading of Shelley's Frankenstein. For each of the assigned readings, you will see discussion questions to which you are encouraged to respond. Feel free to pose follow-up questions for the group, offer critical or philosophical commentary, or just write what you feel about the text.
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Truly,
Kathleen Landy
Reading Assignment #1 - Discussion Question C
Chapters 1-3 are due on Thursday.Consider the following statement by M. Waldman (made in Chapter 3, during a conversation with Victor)The labours of men of genius, however erroneously misguided, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.Do we agree with this statement? Support your answer, if possible, with an example of a particular scientific achievement and an explanation of how mankind did or did not benefit from the inquiry/application.
2 comments:
Ladies, I'm surprised more of you didn't respond to this question. I do agree with this statement, for the most part. What immediately comes to mind are the insights gained from the initial failures of the Wright Brothers. Their initial trials and failures (or near-successes, depending on your perspective), brought about revolutionary discoveries in aviation. I think that the obvious lesson here is that experimentation and failure can yield incredible knowledge and insight.
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