Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wronger Than Wrong
When people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.
Isaac Asimov in The Relativity of Wrong
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Preferences of Sexes
Men whose gaze do not stop at the breasts of women either suffer from hormonal dysfunction or mental imbalance. Same can be said about women who are not inquisitive about men's wallet.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Two Routes to Death
The food ministry offers you two ways to die. Either you increase the chances of death by eating genetically modified food (this is unsure) or you die because of hunger (this is guaranteed). The choice is yours.
Few decades ago, similar choice was presented with crops fed with poisonous chemical fertilizers and insecticides on one side and conventional/organic farming with no use of chemicals on the other side. First option meant the society will have enough food to feed its growing population. The second one meant low production of food for increasing population and eminent hunger. Protest erupted against the use of chemicals in agriculture stating this will result in disease and death of the citizens. But, the nation chose to go ahead with chemicalization of the farms. What happened afterwards is history. Probably, you and me had never been born had there not been Green Revolution.
Related Reading: http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php
Few decades ago, similar choice was presented with crops fed with poisonous chemical fertilizers and insecticides on one side and conventional/organic farming with no use of chemicals on the other side. First option meant the society will have enough food to feed its growing population. The second one meant low production of food for increasing population and eminent hunger. Protest erupted against the use of chemicals in agriculture stating this will result in disease and death of the citizens. But, the nation chose to go ahead with chemicalization of the farms. What happened afterwards is history. Probably, you and me had never been born had there not been Green Revolution.
Related Reading: http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php
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Skepticism
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