07-16-2016, 08:21 PM
Hey Walent, sounds like you got a bit down, sorry to hear that bro. But hey, it's important to realize that while there are bad things in the world, there are good things as well! Like Mariyan said.
Well, I can only speak from my experience as a gardener, but this is certainly not true for a lot of people. There are lots of people who refuse to use pesticides and even artificial fertilizers in their gardens.
I never used pesticides on my garden plants. When I grew tomatoes, I picked all the tomato hornworms off by hand. When I had aphid or whitefly issues, I made a gentle soap spray from a mix of dishsoap and pepper in water. It worked pretty well. Most of it was loving care and diligence. No chemicals! So when you think of gardeners, think of me out there catching big green wriggly worms that spit and try to bite and tossing them out of the garden! XD
On the robots and dinos, Mariyan is exactly right. Those are Hollywood fantasies, nothing more. We can't clone dinosaurs with modern tech, and probably never will. Our techniques for cloning a species require both DNA (which will be hard to get) and a cell of that species that has had its nucleus removed–and where are we going to get a T-rex cell? Frogs won't cut it.
And many, many good things will come out of robotics if we don't let military uses dominate the field (and that is up to us, not the robots). Think of what robots can do in repetitive and/or dangerous tasks, like firefighting and ocean exploration. And in our own lives, robots will eventually be able to act as helpers and companions. A little robot for elderly care would be totally awesome. :-) Hollywood is Hollywood, real life is real life, and as Mariyan said people have a lot of irrational fears about new technology and new ideas.
Hang in there man! I look forward to seeing your flesh-and-robot creatures. :-)
Quote:To cut it short, I really don't know what to eat anymore. I live in the center of a city, and it's not like you can find fields of vegetables anywhere close. And I read that even those who grow their own vegetables use pesticides and all that crap, even on the food they eat. That says everything about how desperate the world has become.
Well, I can only speak from my experience as a gardener, but this is certainly not true for a lot of people. There are lots of people who refuse to use pesticides and even artificial fertilizers in their gardens.
I never used pesticides on my garden plants. When I grew tomatoes, I picked all the tomato hornworms off by hand. When I had aphid or whitefly issues, I made a gentle soap spray from a mix of dishsoap and pepper in water. It worked pretty well. Most of it was loving care and diligence. No chemicals! So when you think of gardeners, think of me out there catching big green wriggly worms that spit and try to bite and tossing them out of the garden! XD
On the robots and dinos, Mariyan is exactly right. Those are Hollywood fantasies, nothing more. We can't clone dinosaurs with modern tech, and probably never will. Our techniques for cloning a species require both DNA (which will be hard to get) and a cell of that species that has had its nucleus removed–and where are we going to get a T-rex cell? Frogs won't cut it.
And many, many good things will come out of robotics if we don't let military uses dominate the field (and that is up to us, not the robots). Think of what robots can do in repetitive and/or dangerous tasks, like firefighting and ocean exploration. And in our own lives, robots will eventually be able to act as helpers and companions. A little robot for elderly care would be totally awesome. :-) Hollywood is Hollywood, real life is real life, and as Mariyan said people have a lot of irrational fears about new technology and new ideas.
Hang in there man! I look forward to seeing your flesh-and-robot creatures. :-)
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