President
Xi Jinping in his Sep. 2020 speech stated, 'Science has no borders, but Scientists have motherlands.' So, where & when Science or Scientists are culpable?
In 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuke Disaster, None in the World blamed Scientists nor Science, nor any territorial incharge therein for the disaster, for the reason, that, it was an unavoidable accident that None could’ve prevented! Happens in radical science. But what about radicalized science? And why Covid Biowarfare isn’t anywhere similar to the above Nuke leak.
Somewhat
similar to IAEA, which inspects inhabits Nuke proliferation/use; an
organization to inspect gain-of-function alike researches too was
needed, rather than having self-regulatory policies. No one knows in
general, where how what Viruses are being engineered in the name of Science
today! Who are its funders? And who is into public relations, if &
when something goes wrong. It’s even unknown in open as how many such Labs are
there in the World. Of course, governments must be knowing, but, there shouldn’t
be any secrecy about it, especially where science becomes radicalized. It’s
true, the Origin of Covid would never be known; as happened in the case of
Ebola. And if we go deeper, more such incidents could be unveiled. I’m not
talking in the language of any conspiracy theorist, ‘You create the Virus,
I, the Cure’ kind of scenarios, but we could certainly have any organization
monitoring ‘gain-of-function’ researches, globally.
We
don’t play with fire until we understand how to douse it. For example, If Subject
1 is interested in radioactive poisoning research, gets funding, then both its
funders & incharge must know how to neutralize it or at least communicate
the update, if & when a disaster happens, even at minuscule level.
So,
indeed, Science has no boundaries, but Scientists have a motherland, but,
as long as Experiments conducted are territorial, whether done in
collaboration with other Nations or not. And if & when experiments go
wrong, then spontaneous updation shall be of a priority concern! As
explained in my earlier blog with examples, why & when Radical Science is indispensable,
& how Radicalizing it, becomes condemnable!
Alas,
when radicalized only is buttressed by international organizations for
ideological reasons!
© Pranav Chaturvedi 2021