But the scientist has to mature like everyone else. He has to do more than create—he has to help bring up what he creates—rear it—like a child—and not run away from it. He has to see that it grows up to be a good citizen and not a criminal. That’s his goal, that’s the knowledge we’re after in the end—to link what IS with what SHOULD BE.

Dr. Ted Bigelow from “The Curse of 589” broadcast in March 1997 on NPR