King of Clones

How much science is too much science? There's always the question of science versus faith, and while the former is seen through the lens of being authentic and factual, even science needs to be put through the litmus test to see the level of ethics (or the lack of it) involved. Here's the story of a disgraced scientist whose cloning ambitions took the world by storm, eventually succumbing to the fundamental flaw of human greed. The best thing about the piece is getting to hear from the disgraced scientist himself, delving into the hows and the whys. The "whys" are pretty obvious, but the "hows" are fascinating. He is still valued as an individual of great interest, with people revering him for the scientific leaps he has supposedly enabled. At least, he is in the right place (UAE) where all sorts of expensive scientific disruptions (such as cloud seeding, desalination) are somehow made possible. He will continue to get the financial support he requires to keep his "experiments" running.