Think of modern research in human biology as a journey up the slopes of a huge mountain – Mount Improbable.
Here, science has mastered all medical ‘problems’ – the human genetic code and every aspect of human physiology. There are limitless possibilities – indefinite prolongation of life, ‘designer’ babies, human-animal hybrids, bionic limbs, and computerised ‘cyborgs’.
John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, a great classic of English literature, is an allegorical tale of a soul’s earthly j…
