Once the great ten-headed mighty Ravana, who as a demon-tyrant controlled even the gods, demi-gods and celestial beings, asked a flower bud to bloom instantly. When the worlds were shaking in fear of him, this tiny bud fearlessly replied it seems, “I am the daughter of nature, I have a natural blueprint to follow, only when the time is right for me, I shall bloom’ don’t play with natural laws”, the bud warned him. But what happened in the end to that haughty Ravana who went completely against rules, is a well-known story.
Man can never outwit nature - bottom line. Only by respecting her status, by enjoying the bliss of her haven, by listening to her poetry in pictures, by savouring her eternal visual beauty, by appreciating her selfless acts of giving, by feeling blessed by her generosity, by accepting her seniority and her primeval superiority, that man can remain like a man.
He may create neon lights, LED lights, incandescent lights, sodium vapour lights, mercury vapour lights - so on and so forth, but with that ‘artificial light’ in hand, can he do away with the Sun? Can he proclaim victory over the natural life-sustaining light and warmth of the Sun? No!
Man may produce different types of fans -- ceiling fans, pedestal fans, exhaust fans, portable fans, window fans, whole house fans, and what have you--but can he wave a goodbye to natural air that fill his life-breath? No!
Man with all his passion, intelligence and fervour, may produce umpteen brands of perfumes, colognes, body splashes, body butters, heady scents, et al, but can he fill the natural sweet fragrance in a flower? Leave alone the fragrance, can he create a small petal of a small flower with all its natural splendour, soft and supple as it is, replicating the nature? No!
With artifical intelligence, customising lives has become the trendy mode of man. Body morphing has become assumed unrealistic proportion.
There are several cases of reported misuse of the technology. We must remember that we are but a product of nature and should not meddle with it lest our doings come back to bite us! We can perhaps create a few things... but can never become God!