-"Community, Identity, Stability"
2. Please describe Boskanovsky's process. Why does the director call it the "major instrument of social stability?"
-Boskanovsky's process is when eggs are put into test tubes, and they produce embryos rapidly. Eventually, up to 96 identical twins are created from this process-from one single egg. He calls it the major instrument of social stability because it is what keeps everyone alike, and therefore it prevents people from criticizing each other because everyone is identical.
3. Why did the doctor wish to keep the Epsilon embryo "below par?"
-He wanted the embryo to develop and mature faster so that more offspring could be reproduced. However, he spoke about how if they were kept too below par they would come out as dwarfs or "eyeless monsters." So I'm a bit confused, but I think this is why.
4. What does Mr. Foster mean what he says "We condition them to thrive in heat... that is the secret happiness of virtue- liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people their inescapable social destiny." How does this connect to what is happening in Rack 10?
-Well, conditioning people basically forces them to behave in a certain way, despite how they may actually feel. Last year we spent a couple months learning social psychology, and one part was about the whole process of conditioning- such as Pavlov's dog. Or, there was also a baby, baby Albert, who was conditioned to be afraid of fuzzy things. So whenever he saw one he would cry. But I guess in a sense everyone is conditioned to do a certain thing, like at school, whenever we hear noise int he halls, we immediately start to pack our things, regardless of how long it is until class ends. In rack ten, all of the embryos are immune from lead and other chemicals, which I guess is sort of forcing them into a social destiny, because their lives are being pre-programmed for them.
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