This changed my views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOMqwPxUx54
Genetic Engineering
Started by: Ash | Replies: 9 | Views: 423
Aug 1, 2008 3:05 PM #204296
Aug 1, 2008 3:13 PM #204310
i hate the voice over.. chick.. for the pinky show.
edit: haha, wow that call was totally played out.
edit: oh wait maybe it wasn't, i thought he she was calling random people
edit: haha, wow that call was totally played out.
edit: oh wait maybe it wasn't, i thought he she was calling random people
Aug 1, 2008 3:20 PM #204317
I love Pinky myself. Maybe it's just because its so simple and allows the interviewed person to talk and just asks questions occasionaly to lightly guide the person.
Aug 1, 2008 4:01 PM #204347
Her voice is irritating. And it seems a bit played, yes.
Aug 1, 2008 4:11 PM #204353
It IS played. That's not the ****ing point. You think that anyone would belive that a ****ing cat would pick up a phone and call someone and ask them some complicated question about politics or ethics and they would actually be an instant expert?
The video's fake radio show thing is just a ****ing backdrop for the conversation.
How about instead of being ****ing idiots and pointing out the obvious you actually discuss the points made in the video.
The video's fake radio show thing is just a ****ing backdrop for the conversation.
How about instead of being ****ing idiots and pointing out the obvious you actually discuss the points made in the video.
Aug 2, 2008 12:45 AM #205064
That has made me defiantly rethink what I thought I knew about GMO's.
Aug 2, 2008 1:38 AM #205166
i would watch it if it wasnt 45 minutes long
needs a tl;dw
needs a tl;dw
Aug 2, 2008 3:44 AM #205270
Okay, 2-D, here's your tl;dr:
Genetically modified foods can cause problems with your body. Not science fiction "grow a polkadot tentacle out your ass" shit, but diseases, intestinal tract issues, etc. The thing is, generically modifying crops is more complicated than just replacing one or two genes: you have to find a lot of interdependant genes.
Think of it like computer code (Action script, if you will): you can try to just copy and paste over a peice of code, but that will rarely work because there are bits of code that rely on other bits of code.
Thats what DNA is like, and we don't have the technology and knowledge to be able to find all those interdependant genes.
For example, a gene that was inserted into soybeans transfered into the DNA of a human test subject's gut bacteria, and continued to function in that bacteria, creating herbicide protiens inside the subjects intstines. As a result, even if you stop eating that crop, those foreign genes may still be produced inside you.
Genetically modified foods can cause problems with your body. Not science fiction "grow a polkadot tentacle out your ass" shit, but diseases, intestinal tract issues, etc. The thing is, generically modifying crops is more complicated than just replacing one or two genes: you have to find a lot of interdependant genes.
Think of it like computer code (Action script, if you will): you can try to just copy and paste over a peice of code, but that will rarely work because there are bits of code that rely on other bits of code.
Thats what DNA is like, and we don't have the technology and knowledge to be able to find all those interdependant genes.
For example, a gene that was inserted into soybeans transfered into the DNA of a human test subject's gut bacteria, and continued to function in that bacteria, creating herbicide protiens inside the subjects intstines. As a result, even if you stop eating that crop, those foreign genes may still be produced inside you.
Aug 2, 2008 4:03 AM #205275
Quote from AshOkay, 2-D, here's your tl;dr:
Genetically modified foods can cause problems with your body. Not science fiction "grow a polkadot tentacle out your ass" shit, but diseases, intestinal tract issues, etc. The thing is, generically modifying crops is more complicated than just replacing one or two genes: you have to find a lot of interdependant genes.
Think of it like computer code (Action script, if you will): you can try to just copy and paste over a peice of code, but that will rarely work because there are bits of code that rely on other bits of code.
Thats what DNA is like, and we don't have the technology and knowledge to be able to find all those interdependant genes.
For example, a gene that was inserted into soybeans transfered into the DNA of a human test subject's gut bacteria, and continued to function in that bacteria, creating herbicide protiens inside the subjects intstines. As a result, even if you stop eating that crop, those foreign genes may still be produced inside you.
No, you're a soybean.
Aug 2, 2008 9:18 AM #205635
Quote from AshOkay, 2-D, here's your tl;dr:
Genetically modified foods can cause problems with your body. Not science fiction "grow a polkadot tentacle out your ass" shit, but diseases, intestinal tract issues, etc. The thing is, generically modifying crops is more complicated than just replacing one or two genes: you have to find a lot of interdependant genes.
Think of it like computer code (Action script, if you will): you can try to just copy and paste over a peice of code, but that will rarely work because there are bits of code that rely on other bits of code.
Thats what DNA is like, and we don't have the technology and knowledge to be able to find all those interdependant genes.
For example, a gene that was inserted into soybeans transfered into the DNA of a human test subject's gut bacteria, and continued to function in that bacteria, creating herbicide protiens inside the subjects intstines. As a result, even if you stop eating that crop, those foreign genes may still be produced inside you.
