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All I know is that we can’t even modify software without introducing bugs. And software runs on machines that humans themselves designed! For any machine on the planet there are people that understand it completely. 100%.

With genetic engineering, we are in essence modifying software. The big difference is that the “machine” the software runs on is either the product of tens of millions of years of evolution or God (take your pick, it doesn’t really matter here) and NO ONE understands completely how it works. Yes we know the basic structure of DNA, yes we know how it is used to produce proteins in the cell, and we are learning more every day. However our knowledge is far from complete.

And the way that new genes into are introduced into organisms with GM technology is very crude. There is no telling what other genes are coming along for the ride or what their effects might be.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for genetic engineering. I just think it should be done the way our ancestors have been doing it for oh, the last 10,000 years or so. Selective breeding allows the biological “machines” to work the way they’re designed, and genes get combined through the miracle of sexual reproduction, not the crude blast of a gene gun. Without good old fashioned genetic engineering via selective breeding, none of our modern foods or domesticated animal breeds would exist. Of course selective breeding can’t be patented and it works slowly, so it is of no use to Big Ag.

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All I know is that we can’t even modify software without introducing bugs. And software runs on machines that humans themselves designed! For any machine on the planet there are people that understand it completely. 100%.

With genetic engineering, we are in essence modifying software. The big difference is that the “machine” the software runs on is either the product of tens of millions of years of evolution or God (take your pick, it doesn’t really matter here) and NO ONE understands completely how it works. Yes we know the basic structure of DNA, yes we know how it is used to produce proteins in the cell, and we are learning more every day. However our knowledge is far from complete.

And the way that new genes into are introduced into organisms with GM technology is very crude. There is no telling what other genes are coming along for the ride or what their effects might be.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for genetic engineering. I just think it should be done the way our ancestors have been doing it for oh, the last 10,000 years or so. Selective breeding allows the biological “machines” to work the way they’re designed, and genes get combined through the miracle of sexual reproduction, not the crude blast of a gene gun. Without good old fashioned genetic engineering via selective breeding, none of our modern foods or domesticated animal breeds would exist. Of course selective breeding can’t be patented and it works slowly, so it is of no use to Big Ag.

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Margaret Atwood wrote a good SF book about where we might end up as a result of all of this genetic engineering — Oryx and Crake. It’s not a happy story.

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Margaret Atwood wrote a good SF book about where we might end up as a result of all of this genetic engineering — Oryx and Crake. It’s not a happy story.

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Margaret Atwood wrote a good SF book about where we might end up as a result of all of this genetic engineering — Oryx and Crake. It’s not a happy story.

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Margaret Atwood wrote a good SF book about where we might end up as a result of all of this genetic engineering — Oryx and Crake. It’s not a happy story.

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Margaret Atwood wrote a good SF book about where we might end up as a result of all of this genetic engineering — Oryx and Crake. It’s not a happy story.

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Where has libertarianism been tried?

Where has true communism ever been tried?

Hint: both questions have the same answer…

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Where has libertarianism been tried?

Where has true communism ever been tried?

Hint: both questions have the same answer…

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Where has libertarianism been tried?

Where has true communism ever been tried?

Hint: both questions have the same answer…

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Where has libertarianism been tried?

Where has true communism ever been tried?

Hint: both questions have the same answer…

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Where has libertarianism been tried?

Where has true communism ever been tried?

Hint: both questions have the same answer…

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Stay in the house! If you can afford it don’t worry about how much cheaper renting would be. Ask yourself how happy you would be if the sheriff shows up to the door to kick you out because your landlord hasn’t been making his payments! That has happened to many renters and it will continue to happen. Your monthly payment after the tax writeoff is not that much more expensive than equivalent rent, and you own the place. Someday it will be paid for. Also, don’t forget all of the costs associated with buying and selling a home. If you sell you’ll be out money and when you buy again you’ll be out money, too. Those realtors gotta make their BMW payments, you know.

As for the house being “too small”, my grandmother raised 4 kids in 1100sf. It’s the family that’s important, not the house.

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Stay in the house! If you can afford it don’t worry about how much cheaper renting would be. Ask yourself how happy you would be if the sheriff shows up to the door to kick you out because your landlord hasn’t been making his payments! That has happened to many renters and it will continue to happen. Your monthly payment after the tax writeoff is not that much more expensive than equivalent rent, and you own the place. Someday it will be paid for. Also, don’t forget all of the costs associated with buying and selling a home. If you sell you’ll be out money and when you buy again you’ll be out money, too. Those realtors gotta make their BMW payments, you know.

As for the house being “too small”, my grandmother raised 4 kids in 1100sf. It’s the family that’s important, not the house.

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Stay in the house! If you can afford it don’t worry about how much cheaper renting would be. Ask yourself how happy you would be if the sheriff shows up to the door to kick you out because your landlord hasn’t been making his payments! That has happened to many renters and it will continue to happen. Your monthly payment after the tax writeoff is not that much more expensive than equivalent rent, and you own the place. Someday it will be paid for. Also, don’t forget all of the costs associated with buying and selling a home. If you sell you’ll be out money and when you buy again you’ll be out money, too. Those realtors gotta make their BMW payments, you know.

As for the house being “too small”, my grandmother raised 4 kids in 1100sf. It’s the family that’s important, not the house.

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