"Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in
existence, but his state was far different from mine in every other
respect. He had come forth from the hands of God a perfect crature,
happy and prosperous, guarded by the especial care of his creator, he
was allowed to covene with, and acquire knowledge from, beings of a
superior nature, but I was wretched, helpless, and alone. Many times I
considered Satan was the fitter emblem of my condition. For often, like
him, when I saw the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gball of envy
rose up within me.... Hateful day when i received life! ...Accursed
Creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you
turned from me in disgust?" (Shelley, Mary W. (1818),
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, Ch.15.)
Norbert Wiener's justification:
"If we adhere to all these taboos, we may acquire a great reputation as
conservative and sound thinkers, but we shall contribute very little to
the further advance of knowledge. It is the part of the
scientist—of the intelligent man of letters and of the honest
clergyman as well—to entertain heretical and forbidden opinions
experimentally, even if he is finally to reject them." (Wiener, Norbert
(1964), God and Golem, Inc.: A Comment on Certain Points Where
Cybernetics Impinges on Religion (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), p.5.)
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