Memes with the Watson keyword “crops”

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Genetics Gives Us New Powers, but Society Must Decide Whether to Use Them

Knowing what we now know about living systems—how they replicate and how they mutate—we are beginning to know how to control their evolutionary futures. To a considerable extent we now do that with the plants we cultivate and the animals we domesticate. This is, in fact, a standard application of genetics today. We…

Jan 4, 2012 1

eugenics
genetics
gmo

The Benefit of a Fearless Mother

I have from my childhood, in conformity with the precepts of a mother void of all imaginary fear, been in the constant habit of taking toads in my hand, and applying them to my nose and face as it may happen. My motive for doing this very frequently is to inculcate the opinion I have held, since I was told by my…

Dec 15, 2011 1

empiricism
parenting
superstition