Re: [DIYbio] Re: Ethics of Guerrilla planting Transgenic plants

I try to avoid being too anthropomorphic but then my organs fail so I
resume being human until symptoms subside.

On 09/12/14 20:44, j boogie wrote:
> It's in our best interest not to behave in an anthropomorphic way.
>
> On Monday, December 1, 2014 12:20:39 PM UTC-8, Jacek Złydach wrote:
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> On Wed Nov 26 2014 at 19:02:49 Pieter <pieterva...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
> You guys are starting to think like artists. I guess exactly the
> same questions where addressed in Andy Gracy's Drosophila
> Titanus project or our Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award
> winner Jallila Esaidi's bullet proof skin: www.da4ga.nl/?p=157
> <http://www.da4ga.nl/?p=157>
>
> Our obsession with "optimizing" nature is such a great example
> of our own naive lack of understanding of what these
> antropocentric actions lead to, it nearly becomes ironic.
>
>
> I personally don't get this attitude. Nature is not optimized to
> reflect the goals of humanity, I don't see why we should expect it.
> Sure we don't understand a lot, but our "obsession with optimizing
> nature" is probably the most basic thing about humans. It's why we
> left caves, started agriculture, invented science, medicine and
> space travel. It's what engineers are for.
>
> I don't see why our actions shouldn't be antropocentric (after all,
> who else are we to primarily care about?), but I'll agree that they
> shouldn't be stupid. Life is strong, it will endure pretty much
> anything we can throw at it now and in the near future. We're
> dangers to ourselves, not to the planet. The Earth will be just fine
> even without us here. But that's again just antropocentric thinking ;).
>
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