"Progress"

There's something eerie about the fact that a Japanese Engineer has constructed an "android" type robot that looks like a woman.

Sure, there's an obvious level of creepiness in simply moving closer to the dystopic future of Blade Runner replicants like our pictured friend, Pris. But consider that Japanes society still ritualizes the subservience of women in general. Consider that no new technology exists for long without being perverted to pornographic use (witness the iPod). Consider the strange erotic proclivities in Japanese pop art, such as manga and anime.

It just doesn't sit right with me. It just smells funny.