CP Opinion  Saturday, Mar 08, 2014  Blinded By the Light of
Discovery  September 6, 2009|12:15 pm  Sometimes fairy tales are
better than non-fiction at communicating essential truths.
Anyone who has read Shakespeare or been transfixed by the tales
of Tolkien or C.S. Lewis understands this well.  In Steven
Spielberg's blockbuster movie interpreting Michael Crichton's
Jurassic Park, viewers experienced firsthand the terrifying
consequences that result when man, the creature, tries to assume
the role of God, the creator. Early in the movie one of the
characters, Dr. Ian Malcolm, warns of the dangers inherent in
venture capitalist John Hammond's unprecedented experiment:
Malcolm: "The lack of humility before nature that's been
displayed here staggers me.... Don't you see the danger, John,
inherent in what you're doing here? Genetic power is the most
awesome force ever seen on this planet. But you wield it like a
kid who's found his dad's gun.... Your scientists were so
preoccupied with whether or not they could