Posted by Shar on July 7, 2004, at 0:08:10
In reply to Re: New Topic to wake us up: unexpected results, posted by NikkiT2 on July 6, 2004, at 16:06:55
Ever since I read 'Jurassic Park' which put into a nicely succinct package the human folly of fooling with nature, I've been sort of alert to these types of things. The book (more than the movie) is rife with examples.
Salmon. They are diminishing rapidly in the U.S. Anybody want to guess why? (Human dams, and then intervention, then 'salting' diminishing supply).
Plastic test tubes--made of recycled materials, which, coincidentally change the outcome of scientific experiments because (being recycled) they contain remnants of their former selves that can (chemically) interfere with whatever experiment is being run in the present moment.
Ebola virus and similar virii were not around to they extent they are now until ... yes...humans started messing with nature. I'm pretty much convinced now that someone is going to cough on an airplane (with recycled air), and an airborne virus will become pandemic. Anybody read the Red Zone? Or, is it Hot Zone? Dang my memory!
Can't think of any others right off the bat--I just know that I am always suspect of solving a scientifically created problem with a scientifically created solution. Chaos theory reigns supreme, because we can never predict the outcomes.....until they happen, and then the scientists go out of their way to solve the current problem (while...wait for it...creating at least one more).
Good topic,
Shar
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