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What does /sci/ think about plant breeders and plant biotechnologists?

>> No.4876944
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4876944

>working with plants
>real science

>> No.4876946

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug

It's pretty much like evolutionary theory, everyone "against" it simply don't understand it

>> No.4876950

>>4876946
Penn and Teller?

>> No.4876953

>>4876950
What do magicians have to do with this?

>> No.4876956

>>4876953
plant breeding is magic

>> No.4876960

>>4876956
Increasing yields how do they work

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>>4876944
>implying bionics and synthetic biology aren't the future of humankind
First came the control over mechanics, then the control over electrics, and the control over biomachines is next.

>> No.4876971

>1998 + 14
>not developing your own variety of tomato

Shiggidy diggidy.

>> No.4876994

> 2012
> not fapping to flowers making sweet love

ISHYGDDT

>> No.4877000

>((2^2)^(2^2))*(2^2)*2-((2^(2^2))*2+(2^2))
>not growing your own vegetarian vaginas

>> No.4877001

>>4876971
The problem is that the tomatoes being engineered are being engineered to have a longer shelf life for easier transit and retail, at the expense of flavor. Try what's called an heirloom tomato(unaltered), you'll see what I mean.

>> No.4878779

Bump for plant scientists. :3