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Dr. Clayton Forrester's Science Roundup
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You'd get similar results about labeling for dihydrogen oxide.
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One of the really sad elements of any "conversation" concerning "genetically modified" organisms is that in one sense or another, "genetic modification" precedes history: humans have been practicing selective breeding of plants and animals for millennia. In its current version, "genetic modification" is taking place at a different level, but how different is it really in a "broad picture" sense to insert a gene into DNA compared to selecting specific strands of DNA to intermingle?
The first corn had something like four kernels. Dogs and horses originally were one "breed" each.
The "outrage" it seems to me has nothing whatsoever to do with "genetic modification" and is more a complaint of "progress is advancing too fast compared to my ability to comprehend it."
One of the really sad elements of any "conversation" concerning "genetically modified" organisms is that in one sense or another, "genetic modification" precedes history: humans have been practicing selective breeding of plants and animals for millennia. In its current version, "genetic modification" is taking place at a different level, but how different is it really in a "broad picture" sense to insert a gene into DNA compared to selecting specific strands of DNA to intermingle?
The first corn had something like four kernels. Dogs and horses originally were one "breed" each.
The "outrage" it seems to me has nothing whatsoever to do with "genetic modification" and is more a complaint of "progress is advancing too fast compared to my ability to comprehend it."
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Yes indeed. You'd enjoy this site.
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
Yes indeed. You'd enjoy this site.
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
JF_Gophers
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DHMO was the cause of all school violence? Wow.
St. Clown
Liberal Rebel Scum, apparently
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I hear it's slippery when wet, which is a safety hazard. Ban it!
I hear it's slippery when wet, which is a safety hazard. Ban it!
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"causation" was not cited.
There is merely a high correlation between people who behave violently and daily ingestion of DHMO.
Solid DHMO can a very insidious murder weapon, it can be shaped into a point and used to stab someone yet it usually disappears without an easily-detectable trace in hours, or it can also be used to bludgeon someone while leaving no detectable weapon behind after a few hours pass.
"causation" was not cited.
There is merely a high correlation between people who behave violently and daily ingestion of DHMO.Solid DHMO can a very insidious murder weapon, it can be shaped into a point and used to stab someone yet it usually disappears without an easily-detectable trace in hours, or it can also be used to bludgeon someone while leaving no detectable weapon behind after a few hours pass.
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Spot on. And if people complain about the thousands of mutant/non-viable organisms created in the name of genetic engineering, remind them of the hundreds of millions of such creatures created over the past hundred millenia by breeders of domesticated species.
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Perhaps we could call such people "mulish", eh?
Perhaps we could call such people "mulish", eh?
Yup - and I should know. I'm one, too!!!You mean Fido is a MUTANT!?!?!?!
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Interesting you should mention that. After I lent Mistakes Were Made to a friend, he gave me a copy of "Thinking Fast and Slow." Haven't read it yet.
Interesting you should mention that. After I lent Mistakes Were Made to a friend, he gave me a copy of "Thinking Fast and Slow." Haven't read it yet.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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That's "yours."
The Monolith was originally over by Saturn, so what does it know?
That's "yours."
The Monolith was originally over by Saturn, so what does it know?
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I know, but the English looked wrong if I used yours.
MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
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Oh, this is rich: according to the Environmental Working Group, exposure to Tupperware is causing early puberty.
Then again, according to the EWG, if I eat a conventionally grown apple, I'm going to die.
Oh, this is rich: according to the Environmental Working Group, exposure to Tupperware is causing early puberty.
Then again, according to the EWG, if I eat a conventionally grown apple, I'm going to die.
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Huh. I thought it was the hormones they give the cows that get into the milk.
Huh. I thought it was the hormones they give the cows that get into the milk.
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I've read of concerns in both regards. How big a concern it is, that's hard to say.
WisconsinWildcard
The plural of anecdote is not data
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I have heard that much of the early puberty can be attributed to better nutrition (or excess) that was not available in prior generations. I do not think all of it can be chalked up to that but it makes the impact of the other variables at least a bit less scary.
I have heard that much of the early puberty can be attributed to better nutrition (or excess) that was not available in prior generations. I do not think all of it can be chalked up to that but it makes the impact of the other variables at least a bit less scary.
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