Why the Avatars should not have been made

[Raiden]

Originally Posted by iron_jones

No Avatars, no movie.

/thread.

No.

More like "/copout".

Originally Posted by joeylovesgaia

Has anyone actually thought over how the Avatars are made?

First the alien scientists take genetic material from (dead?) Na'vi (possibly killed by SecOps); the gene-harvesting itself would likely be regarded by the Na'vi as graverobbing and theft of sacred essence.

Then the scientists mash Na'vi and alien (human) essence to make strange hybrids, mostly Na'vi but with quite a few human (that is, alien) features. They are grown not in a mother but in a glass tube. This whole process might well be considered a blasphemy against Eywa (not to mention showing a striking disrespect for the People).

Finally, at some stage of the hybrids' development they are lobotomized; their minds killed to make an empty shell that the "driver" can possess without trouble. Starting to see why this is wrong?

Imagine the horror and anger of the Na'vi, upon discovering how uniltirantokx are made. They would probably kill every last one on their world, every single user of one, and every Sky Person vrrtep who helped make them. And yes, they would include Mr. "I've gone completely native" Jake Sully in that judgement--he still, in effect, killed and replaced the Na'vi person that should have lived in that body.

Really, really unethical. This is Mengele-scale mad science, yet the science branch are supposed to be the good guys. Moral dissonance anyone?

1) You can obtain genetic material from any portion of the organism you wish, and then you have the code to make that organism. Considering how advanced genetics are supposed to have come by 2154, it would not be infeasible to simply use the Na'vi genetic material (they do not have DNA; DNA is a specific compound, deoxyribonucleic acid, that is exclusive to Earth organisms and probability says that the existence of the exact same compound in organisms from other worlds is extremely unlikely) as a blueprint (uh...no pun intended...) to make whatever cell or organ they want to. If you think about it, they'd have to have some ridiculously advanced technology to pair DNA with Na;vi genetic material in the first place.

2) They don't lobotomize them...I have no idea where you got that from, but a lobotomy is when a portion of the frontal lobe of someone's brain is removed, rendering them mentally incapable of many higher functions. The Avatar is grown from cells whose genetics are a mixture of Na'vi and Human DNA, and therefore so is all of the tissue. The drivers can only bond with the brain because the Avatar brain is stimulated (therefore allowing it to develop properly) and genetically "hardwired" to it's driver. The brain is the "most human" part of the Avatars, because if it was "too Na'vi" the drivers would never be able to link to them. The Avatars are held in suspended animation and are genetically built to be unable to form the intricate neural complexes that form conciousnesses, so that they have "empty" minds, with enough room for a driver to occupy them.

The answer to your question is that yes, we have thought, but we also know, because much of the info is sort of out there already.

I'm sorry, but your post came off as rather foolish and wildly speculative. Maybe you should ask more questions instead of just posting what you think you know?