ptah

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·6 年前·議論

instead of capping wealth, traditional societies had jubilees where after a certain number of years all debt is reset to zero

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·7 年前·議論

the biggest medical advance in 20th century by impact is getting doctors to tell patients to quit smoking. i'm not sure why vaping is even legal when there are less harmful drugs that are illegal

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·7 年前·議論

hopefully it won't lead to catastrophe https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modifi...

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·7 年前·議論

that edit will have other consequences for the plant as well as there is no gene that specifically controls susceptibility to this fungus

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·7 年前·議論

would it help if banana plantations were not monocultures? would it stop the spread if other trees were in between

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·7 年前·議論

no one alive today is afraid of science. it's just that unbridled scientism zealotry seems to ignore second order and unintended consequences.

https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modifi...

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·7 年前·議論

yip, and they are about to become a cautionary tale about GMO it seems. monoculture was once the height of scientific farming techniques. unintended consequences seems to be an unknown consequence of scientism, the religious zealotry that some have for science

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·7 年前·議論

interesting video illustrating how corporations control US military action

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·7 年前·議論

>a case of prioritizing your organizational chart over the end user experience this seems to happen regardless: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

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