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"I forged a concept which is relatively simple and possibly unique in theology, and that is, the irrational is the primordial stratum of the universe."
- Philip K. Dick
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| Universal Sterilization Law | ||
| All young people were sterilized, and replacement people were generated artificially. |
Synthetic babies were created to ensure the continuation of the human species.
| “When all was ready, the Universal Sterilization
Law was passed. All young people were required to
spend a few minutes under a special form of radium
ray when they reached a certain age and no one was
allowed to enter into a companionate marriage until
this had been done. The continued supply of material
for future use was provided for by one of the sections
of this act which stated that all young women were to
take an examination and those who were nearly perfect
in every way were required to submit to an Oophorectomy and were compensated for this by special pensions and privileges denied other women. In regard
to this, I need not remind you that it was one of our
reasons for fleeing from modern civilization. It was a
danger that threatened you in all its horror.
“Anyway, the machinery was finally set into motion. The records show that the last child was born on the western continent on July 4th, 3009..." |
| Technovelgy from A Biological Experiment,
by David H. Keller. Published by Amazing Stories in 1928 Additional resources -
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