Well, how do the beetles taste?
Just like every other insecticideâŚ
pfff⌠scientists⌠cram it Poindexter!
[later]
AAAAAAA!!! BUGS!! GET 'EM OFF ME. GET 'EM OFF ME!!!
Thereâs another word for this. Evolution. When generations are frequent (short lifespan for bugs) and evolutionary pressures harsh (biological and chemical warfare) evolution happens fast.
And the Titanic was unsinkable. The only thing guaranteed is the hubris of humans who believe they have mastered mother nature.
Also, monoculture. Biodiversity good, monoculture bad.
Weâre talking about places like Kansas, which are quite certain evolution doesnât exist.
The cause is therefore obvious: God hates corn and by extension all people that grow it.
In fairness to humans, the âknowing stuff about stuffâ specialists were hardly surprised by the problem, and had a counter for it, based on their understanding of evolutionary equilibrium states.
The âeh, fuck it, gotta beat expectations for Q4!â brigade promptly ignored them and exactly what they said would happen happened.
We may be greedier, more short-sighted, and sometimes just plain nastier than we get credit for; but we arenât quite so dumb.
Donât get them started on âmicroevolutionâ vs. âmacroevolutionâ. Also, genetic engineering somehow proves intelligent design because, um, some small-scale tinkering by intelligent agents is excellent proof that Designer Jesus created the universe, and stuff.
Time travelling post from the future
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In fairness to humans, the âknowing stuff about stuffâ specialists were hardly surprised by the problem, and had a counter for it, based on their understanding of climate equilibrium states.
The âeh, fuck it, gotta beat expectations for Q4!â brigade promptly ignored them and exactly what the climatologists said would happen, happened.
We may be greedier, more short-sighted, and sometimes just plain nastier than we get credit for; but we arenât quite so dumb.[/quote]
Just like every other insecticideâŚ
Isnât that a bit of an over-simplification? Sure, pesticides have issues with resistance, but the degree and ramifications arenât equal in all cases, are they?
Canât fix stupid. Or greedy.
On the bright side, if all the corn crops fail, maybe thatâll be an end to the âalcohol-fueled vehicles will save the worldâ movement.
As always - and this case - it depends on how theyâre used.
Life is tenacious and ambitious. I mean, thereâs life around fumaroles at the bottom of the freakin ocean. You can always, with relative ease, get rid of the current form of life thatâs annoying you, but unless youâre careful something will come back to annoy you some more.
As always - and this case - it depends on how theyâre used.
In this case, what are the relative ramifications compared to other insecticides?
Or, the general case:
In fairness to humans, the âknowing stuff about stuffâ specialists were hardly surprised by the problem, and had a counter for it, based on their understanding of [the science].
The âeh, fuck it, gotta beat expectations for Q4!â brigade promptly ignored them and exactly what the specialists said would happen, happened.
We may be greedier, more short-sighted, and sometimes just plain nastier than we get credit for; but we arenât quite so dumb.
Bad? The Midwest is going to have a bad Q4, and once this kind of bug starts evolving in developing nations - to be followed by failure of monoculture, non-self-germinating crops - weâll see wide(er) spread hunger?
Letâs see them adapt to Diatomaceous earth .
