Every medicine is vain.

And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered.

Hubris and science are incompatible.

Viewing all the evidence as a whole and acknowledging that medicine is not a precise science, the court finds that the credible evidence overwhelmingly supports the view that [Terri] Schiavo remains in a persistent vegetative state,

This is to advance stem cell science and medicine, not to make dogs by this unnatural method.

Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that.