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One of the best responses I have seen in regard to GMOs. I think you nailed it, because the subtleties of the issues involved require careful, non-emotional explanation so they can be grasped. I shouldn't be surprised.
I am a dropout from the University of Maine in Orono -- I left to become a computer programmer being that I was already self-taught in the discipline before attending college. I am assuming you probably went to Colby or Bowdoin. I was fortunate enough to be able to utilize the computer lab at Bowdoin as a high school student which in the end launched a lifetime career.
Now for some of the issues about which we disagree... for another day.
Colby or Bowdoin? Thank you for the thought, but you have the wrong guy here. I went to school as a 24 yo high school drop out veteran, so my 'Alma Mater' was the result of slapping a teacher's college together with a 2 year community college that completely lacked trade school classes and calling it a university (University of Southern Maine).
After USM, I had the opportunity to go to some 'name brand' schools as an MD/PhD candidate and chose poorly, but that is the story of my life, lol. The moral of my story is, 'Never let a snowstorm and one of the most unethical pieces of human research ever talk you into going to med school in Texas', lol.
We probably have a lot of things we see differently, even if you were a left wing, progressive, anti-war hippy like me.
Have a great day!
PS LePage? WTF Maine! We always punched way out of our weight class before and I am shocked that somehow we got dime store Hitler as a governor...
That's why they keep a diverse collection of varieties under culture. . . every new strain is potentially valuable. There's a non-stop battle against wheat rust, for example, and the wheat cultivars in the fields get regular updates, almost like software.The danger, I think, is that disease resistance could fade under lab culture conditions, yet it's pretty much impossible to ensure that everything gets farmed somewhere. Hence gene banks, and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. We are frighteningly dependent on these technologies. If the internet goes down, it's bad enough, but if the crops go down...
"My Cuisinart is UUUUUGE! It's the BEST, BIGGEST Cuisinart! I slice up ALL the vegetables! But not cauliflower. Cauliflower is anti-American and should be banned!"
Actually the Irish potato famine was primarily caused by the English, who were stealing the food supply and sending it to England, while demonizing the Irish as "savages" who just needed to "pull themselves up by the bootstraps." (sound familiar?) Absolutely true.
Yes, the English did all that. And the dependence of the Irish on the only crop that could feed them on tiny plots of 10 acres or less per family was the result of English tenancy policies.
But the fungus that destroyed the potato crop was a real thing, and it was devastating because potatoes are easy to clone (just chop one up and each eye becomes a new, identical plant).
I see the point went right over your head, urgelt. You're able to recognize "the dose makes the poison" with water, but not with Girl Scout cookies? Cookies are not inherently toxic at any dose, as you seem to perversely wish to believe. They are food. Eating too much of any food is a bad thing. This is not complicated to understand, but you are clearly invested in the idea of them being horrible and awful and thus you interpret the evidence based on whether or not it supports that idea.
Hava a cookie. Bet you can eat just one.
Well, it serves them right for reproducing at a higher capacity than they can produce.
We tried that in the 60's and 70's with Zero Population Growth, and the people said, "fuck no!"
I was thinking more ..
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Cripes. It's gonna take forever if it's coming by camel...
That's also on my to-do list. The advantages of exploring Washington include salmon, beer and potential Bigfoot sightings.
One of the best responses I have seen in regard to GMOs. I think you nailed it, because the subtleties of the issues involved require careful, non-emotional explanation so they can be grasped. I shouldn't be surprised.
I am a dropout from the University of Maine in Orono -- I left to become a computer programmer being that I was already self-taught in the discipline before attending college. I am assuming you probably went to Colby or Bowdoin. I was fortunate enough to be able to utilize the computer lab at Bowdoin as a high school student which in the end launched a lifetime career.
Now for some of the issues about which we disagree... for another day.
Have a great day!
Colby or Bowdoin? Thank you for the thought, but you have the wrong guy here. I went to school as a 24 yo high school drop out veteran, so my 'Alma Mater' was the result of slapping a teacher's college together with a 2 year community college that completely lacked trade school classes and calling it a university (University of Southern Maine).
After USM, I had the opportunity to go to some 'name brand' schools as an MD/PhD candidate and chose poorly, but that is the story of my life, lol. The moral of my story is, 'Never let a snowstorm and one of the most unethical pieces of human research ever talk you into going to med school in Texas', lol.
We probably have a lot of things we see differently, even if you were a left wing, progressive, anti-war hippy like me.
Have a great day!
PS LePage? WTF Maine! We always punched way out of our weight class before and I am shocked that somehow we got dime store Hitler as a governor...
That's why they keep a diverse collection of varieties under culture. . . every new strain is potentially valuable. There's a non-stop battle against wheat rust, for example, and the wheat cultivars in the fields get regular updates, almost like software.The danger, I think, is that disease resistance could fade under lab culture conditions, yet it's pretty much impossible to ensure that everything gets farmed somewhere. Hence gene banks, and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. We are frighteningly dependent on these technologies. If the internet goes down, it's bad enough, but if the crops go down...
"My Cuisinart is UUUUUGE! It's the BEST, BIGGEST Cuisinart! I slice up ALL the vegetables! But not cauliflower. Cauliflower is anti-American and should be banned!"
I have decided to keep my winter bear weight year round. It helps with my hibernation. Also year round.
Actually the Irish potato famine was primarily caused by the English, who were stealing the food supply and sending it to England, while demonizing the Irish as "savages" who just needed to "pull themselves up by the bootstraps." (sound familiar?) Absolutely true.
I'm staying neutralized over here.
Good thinking! Why seesaw?
Yes, the English did all that. And the dependence of the Irish on the only crop that could feed them on tiny plots of 10 acres or less per family was the result of English tenancy policies.
But the fungus that destroyed the potato crop was a real thing, and it was devastating because potatoes are easy to clone (just chop one up and each eye becomes a new, identical plant).
I see the point went right over your head, urgelt. You're able to recognize "the dose makes the poison" with water, but not with Girl Scout cookies? Cookies are not inherently toxic at any dose, as you seem to perversely wish to believe. They are food. Eating too much of any food is a bad thing. This is not complicated to understand, but you are clearly invested in the idea of them being horrible and awful and thus you interpret the evidence based on whether or not it supports that idea.