Also because "blame technology for its inherent evil" is the default reaction to technological change of the academic handwringer class from which our journalists and columnists are drawn.
The point here is that because natural transgenic processes exist, human engineering of genes is no more alien in comparison to natural processes than Mendelian genetic selection by humans is distinct from natural selection.
There is a different in dueling political pseudosciences, though: how many infrastructure projects, public or private, in any state, have been bullied to a halt by creationists? Can you name even one?
Wait until the Chinese start implementing cross-species modifications of the human genome to, say, extend our visual range into the far ultraviolet. Will the same Americans who preached open borders for all suddenly become advocates of keeping "frankenpeople" away from our precious shores?
If you don't have a FB presence, you will be rejected for being an "unfavorable fit with company culture," which is of course their legally acceptable terminology for "being over 30."
There's an unfortunate factor that paper nostalgites are not taking into account: books bought by your library are no longer forever, even when they don't get checked out enough times to wear out. Shelf space costs money just as it does in a store, and so my local library deaccessions a load of books yearly to make room for more. If all books were files on servers, there would be mo need to destroy the past (and it's all backed up at the NSA!)
If governments required GMO labeling, how would this magically cause your non-GMP prepack sandwiches to pop into existence? An availability issue is not a labeling issue.
The fact remains: absent any medical reason for GMO labeling, there is no reason for government to require it.
Remember - this was Asimov's idea for storing large amounts of data. The office ENIAC would address data by reading microscopic vibrations set going within a large tank of mercury. Imagine the UPS it would take to make sure that a momentary power glitch wouldn't wipe out that entire centrally stored Encyclopedia Galactica, right in front of a line of a line of Galactic Empire citizens who had spent their life savings on an interstellar trip to Trantor to submit their punch-carded requests to the database....
Of course you can't get kosher everything, because not everything is kosher. My point in this thread is the mandatory GMO labeling that you people are lobbying for is unnecessary. People who want to avoid GMO can already seek out products labeled "No GMO" just as those who practice kashrut can find the labeled-as-kosher products they want. In fact, a government mandate for GMO labeling would be a violation of the establishment clause (First Amendment). Government labeling standards are imposed when there are people who medically cannot tolerate certain ingredients, such as salt or dairy.
In the absence of any scientific evidence that there are people medically affected by GMOs, avoiding them is purely a religious choice. Would you have the government impose kosher vs treyf labeling for every food item in the supermarket? Would this include compliance with the higher standard of 'kosher for Passover' that is an element of the system?
A highly logical conclusion, but this is Illinois, an anti-gun state, we're talking about. Instead of just allowing hunters - or any other demographic - to take care of a problem themselves, Illinois needs a new law, with additions to its army of richly-pensioned bureaucrats..
Not so. Companies that cater to the anti-GMO market label their products prominently, just as companies do for kosher products. It's simply another religious market area.
The relevancy is this: if a musician can't get a set of flutes through Customs without having them ruined, what happens when we travel with our laptops and other techie devices?
Be careful when you say that. There is a reason that freedom of religion is guaranteed by the First Amendment. A legal system that can force a Catholic institution to provide birth control is one that can force you to eat GMOs or use vaccines. "Religion" does not just refer to established faiths with buildings of their own.
Today in the US, contraception is widely available everywhere. If your Catholic hospital refuses to provide it, there is generally a plethora of other places to get it. Yes, I would keep the mandate if a practical monopoly provably exists in a given area (Only one doctor in St. Podunk, and she's Catholic)
You want to roll it out as an aid for the handicapped first. Consider the hapless Segway. If it had been marketed first to that small subset of people who can stand but not walk far, the Segway folks would have been instant national heroes and would probably have harvested a Nobel Peace Prize. Then you can expand the market to specialized occupations, such as security guards.
So this would have been Google's approach to getting Glass on the air. Nobody is going to punch out a man in a wheelchair wearing Glass to free up hands that may have limited function. Once we get used to seeing Glass on the handicapped, the rest of us would already be perceiving it as useful for various kinds of hands-free work. Its coolness factor would be established, rather than that "glasshole" image.
This ruling is a natural outgrowth of previous rulings allowing police/inspectors to seize any money they find you carrying, without warrant or arrest. Why not give them the right to seize anything else you have.
Meanwhile, make your road machine a tablet. You have less to lose if this happens.
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When Bitcoin goes over $2000 yes, you'll be able to buy any tulip bulb you want.
Also because "blame technology for its inherent evil" is the default reaction to technological change of the academic handwringer class from which our journalists and columnists are drawn.
The point here is that because natural transgenic processes exist, human engineering of genes is no more alien in comparison to natural processes than Mendelian genetic selection by humans is distinct from natural selection.
Take that, BMW-hole who cut me off!
Initially, it was believed that transgenic processes did not occur in nature and were a purely human, hence 'new' technology. This has now changed: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1900/#b
There is a different in dueling political pseudosciences, though: how many infrastructure projects, public or private, in any state, have been bullied to a halt by creationists? Can you name even one?
The linked NYT article is very informative. According to it, that bogus study was the very study cited by the anti-GMO hippies in the Hawaii vote.
Wait until the Chinese start implementing cross-species modifications of the human genome to, say, extend our visual range into the far ultraviolet. Will the same Americans who preached open borders for all suddenly become advocates of keeping "frankenpeople" away from our precious shores?
If you don't have a FB presence, you will be rejected for being an "unfavorable fit with company culture," which is of course their legally acceptable terminology for "being over 30."
There's an unfortunate factor that paper nostalgites are not taking into account: books bought by your library are no longer forever, even when they don't get checked out enough times to wear out. Shelf space costs money just as it does in a store, and so my local library deaccessions a load of books yearly to make room for more. If all books were files on servers, there would be mo need to destroy the past (and it's all backed up at the NSA!)
The fact remains: absent any medical reason for GMO labeling, there is no reason for government to require it.
Remember - this was Asimov's idea for storing large amounts of data. The office ENIAC would address data by reading microscopic vibrations set going within a large tank of mercury. Imagine the UPS it would take to make sure that a momentary power glitch wouldn't wipe out that entire centrally stored Encyclopedia Galactica, right in front of a line of a line of Galactic Empire citizens who had spent their life savings on an interstellar trip to Trantor to submit their punch-carded requests to the database....
It'a exactly the same thing as providing fluoride-free toothpaste so that Oregonians need not corrupt their vital body fluids with godless Communism.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/08/09/13/militants-wreck-gm-rice-test-farm
In the absence of any scientific evidence that there are people medically affected by GMOs, avoiding them is purely a religious choice. Would you have the government impose kosher vs treyf labeling for every food item in the supermarket? Would this include compliance with the higher standard of 'kosher for Passover' that is an element of the system?
A highly logical conclusion, but this is Illinois, an anti-gun state, we're talking about. Instead of just allowing hunters - or any other demographic - to take care of a problem themselves, Illinois needs a new law, with additions to its army of richly-pensioned bureaucrats..
If some gluten-intolerant passenger eats your laptop, he (and the other passengers) have even bigger problems than Customs.
Not so. Companies that cater to the anti-GMO market label their products prominently, just as companies do for kosher products. It's simply another religious market area.
The relevancy is this: if a musician can't get a set of flutes through Customs without having them ruined, what happens when we travel with our laptops and other techie devices?
Let me guess: you're one of the three or so remaining people who believe that the government is "here to help you?"
You could make it a Microsoft tablet if you want. Then you would lose even less if it were confiscated.
Today in the US, contraception is widely available everywhere. If your Catholic hospital refuses to provide it, there is generally a plethora of other places to get it. Yes, I would keep the mandate if a practical monopoly provably exists in a given area (Only one doctor in St. Podunk, and she's Catholic)
So this would have been Google's approach to getting Glass on the air. Nobody is going to punch out a man in a wheelchair wearing Glass to free up hands that may have limited function. Once we get used to seeing Glass on the handicapped, the rest of us would already be perceiving it as useful for various kinds of hands-free work. Its coolness factor would be established, rather than that "glasshole" image.
Yes, this much energy would be more safely handled if it were in a pipeline. And more safely still if it were a cupful of uranium.
Meanwhile, make your road machine a tablet. You have less to lose if this happens.