Escape from Spiderhead by Dr. Abnesti

Inspired by Escape from Spiderhead

For centuries, scientific development has been a hot issue among media. Especially since the invention of cloning technology, more and more arguments about the developing pattern and power gained from such a development worried people globally. No doubt that the rapid development did provide us numerous conveniences and improving our life greatly, though, in regard to the increasing acknowledgment that people have from our nature, and the unpredictable human nature, likewise Dr. Abnesti in the fiction story, Escape from Spiderhead. From my pass readings and experiences, I think that human need to take every step of scientific development extremely seriously. As see from now, people are arguing about the contradiction between science and morality, moreover, that the power science has now is too enough to destroy us already, for instance the nuclear energy. The pros and cons from scientific development shape science itself, in some cases controversial. Plus, I think the scientific morality and power controlling are two big deals that needed to be controlled. Not to eliminate, but to make them under control.

Experiment carried in the fiction story is about biological researches in the causation and modification of human emotions. Mentioned in the story that, master by Dr. Abnesti in the Spiderhead lab, the research group run a series of experiment on living human, in which they inject the models (those human) different medicines which according to the story line, these medicines function differently in affecting one’s mood and abilities. Darkenfloxx TM, among which, is the most terrifying injection that causes extreme horror and sufferings in mental level. However, because of this medicine Je...

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