Mara Jade Skywalker

Knight Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 396

Maybe the question is if it would be more unnatural-or unethical-than heal oneself faster than normal rate.

Master Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 1417

I think you need to separate healing out from the 'giving life' issue.

If you think about it all medical treatment is speeding up the healing process. You're assisting a natural process.

But to mess with the process of creating life just seems unnatural to most everyone I think.
_________________
Roqoo Depot co-founder.

Knight Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 396

I disagree. In fact, what Force-sensitives do with a healing trance it's quite different from helping their bodies. Imagine a cut, or a bruise. It isn't a matter of how to heal them. They have to accelerate the process, to make their cells duplicate and grow faster. Just like pregnancy.

Master Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 1417

@ Mara: I found it total soap opera.

@ Nedara: What Force adepts do when healing their bodies is assist the immune system.

The cellular process going on in pregnancy is entirely different.
_________________
Roqoo Depot co-founder.

Knight Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 396

Master Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 1417

The immune system is what heals the body. The Jedi used trances, crystals, bacta and other means to boost and accelerate the healing process.

From Wookie:

Knight Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 396

Sorry, but not. The immunity system protects the body. It protects your from viruses and bacterias. In shorts, from outside invasions.

The healing process of open wounds is achieved through your cells duplicating and growing so they can replace the ones damaged or dead. That's the problem with neurons. They are the only cells which can't duplicate themselves.

Master Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 1417

Actually neurons can regenerate.

The immune system does aid in healing. As soon as you're injured the immune system responds with various actions that begin the healing process. Part of that process is to trigger cellular regeneration. Please don't argue with me about this. Not only is this the area I got my degree in, I had a 20 year career in it.
_________________
Roqoo Depot co-founder.

Knight Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 396

So we are saying the same thing? To heal someone needs to regenerate his/her cells?

Master Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 1417

Well, you're saying that cell regeneration is outside of the immune system response, and that's wrong. Of course cells need to regenerate for the body to heal, but it's all part of the immune system process.

Obviously Jedi couldn't just make cells regenerate or Anakin wouldn't have needed an artificial arm. They could have just used the Force to grow him a new one.

I do think part of the problem though is that the EU has been all over the place with this Jedi healing stuff.

The difference with pregnancy is that it's not cell regeneration. It's cellular division and cells that are unique and separate from the host body. The cells are already rapidly dividing. Speeding that up would be a very bad idea. Slowing it down would probably not be as bad, but it's still unnatural.
_________________
Roqoo Depot co-founder.

Knight Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 396

Now, since we agree cells have to regenerate, let's talk hypothetically.

If some sustances-enzimes or whatever, you are the expert here-can "accelerate" the cellular division (we agree any cell have to divide itself to create new ones, right?) why is so impossible to imagine a Jedei female can use the same technique to make... how is said? Mother cells? duplicate themselves faster? And later, to make any cell from any tissue in the fetus do the same?

Master Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 1417

Technically I suppose the Jedi wouldn't have to make "mother" cells since conception encoded everything necessary to produce a fully formed offspring.

Also you're really stepping into "creating life' territory here, which as far as we know only Darth Plagieus had learned how to do. And that was considered well out of bounds for Jedi. I just don't see Jedi going about "creating" cells. I do see manipulating a pregnancy to either slow it up or fast forward it as not a Jedi thing.

Tenel Ka had to think of her and her child's vulnerability in regards to Hapan politics. Etain purposely got pregnant so each of them were both off the path of Jedi thinking. I don't say that as a rationalization for doing it, but to illustrate that neither of them were adhering strictly to the Jedi way.
_________________
Roqoo Depot co-founder.

Page 18 of 19		All times are GMT - 5 Hours Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 ... , 17, 18, 19 Next