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Global Biological Experiment Generates Exciting New Results
New submitter hoboroadie writes "Scientific American Magazine says antibiotic-resistance genes have moved from the incubators of our hospitals and factory farms, and are spreading through diverse species in the wild. Resistance genes have been detected in crows, gulls, houseflies, moths, foxes, frogs, sharks and whales, as well as in sand and coastal water samples from California and Washington. This stuff is getting more and more like a Hollywood script everyday, n'est ce pas?"
The ghosts of Friedrich Hayek and Ayn Rand find your lack of Market faith disturbing.
May the Maths Be with you!
I had the same thought. When was the last time someone had to fight off a crow infection?
1963
I browse on +1 so AC's need not respond, I won't see it.
That's called 'externalising the costs,' or 'the invisible middle finger.'
Your attitude treats the market like a magic wand that you wave and *poof* no more serious real-world problems.
That's called being a republican.
The ghost of Ayn Rand should find her own existence disturbing, since ghosts are supernatural.
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.