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Gah that's my ignorance showing
Welcome to the club. :)
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So... Battlestar Galactica and shoes stop people thinking? Again?
Can someone explain why the idea of 'false consciousness' is such a big joke these days? I don't get it.
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So let's rewrite the joke: SATC (an acronym with wonderful onomatopoeia for such a show) is a show about four women who act like...?
Remember, no stereotypes allowed and it has to be at least Simpsons-level funny.
That's, like, a kōan for our times, man.
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we have yet to lose control of them and destroy the environment.
I'm not against GM, per se. I'm just asking for appropriate risk management, that's all.
The cost (both environmental and economic) - even if not the likelihood - of unforseen unwelcome consequences could be extremely high, and I wonder whether commercial interests give that appropriate priority.
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Host broadcasters to 'filter' noise
Host Broadcast Services, the company that provides the broadcast feed for the World Cup, said Tuesday it has doubled its audio filters to reduce the constant blaring buzz of vuvuzelas.
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I'll accept that, but I feel it won't always apply. We'll have GM'ed insects, bacteria, and even humans soon enough, and you won't be able to undo those things.
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Yeah sorry about the tone.
Not at all. I was jokingly quoting you.
Thanks for the clarification, but don't we already have introduced flora that we effectively can't get rid of?
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If we're talking about the stiletto bit, I've got to say I didn't actually read that as a 'joke', as such.
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Thanks, Bart (despite patronising dismissiveness ;)), but I'm confused about your dismissal of the genie metaphor.
I'm sure you're not suggesting that any unforseen problems with GMOs can be undone (once released), so are you saying that there will not be any such problems or that they can reasonably be dealt with?
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About as many as "GE made my bread taste bad".
Okay, in light of insufficient evidence, I retract the allegation (but might reconsider laying against chicken).