What's new with the Union of Concerned Scientists you may ask? That's right. I know you. Always concerned about the Union of Concerned Scientists who are at the moment, concerned by the rise of antibiotic resistant strains of disease and bacteria caused by the farming industry pumping animals full of antibiotics and steroids to prevent disease in overcrowded pens and pastures. Life is a b!tch, ain't it?! First you're a cow in a crowded poopy pen living a thankless, overlooked life until the time of your eventual slaughter and consumed without a second of thought for your life, just the sweet, succulence of your flesh...
And then on the other hand, you're the moron eating the cow, shovelling your mouth full of meat just as fast as you can, meat which has been conditioned for consumption since birth, ripped from the teats of its mother as a baby. Can you say psychological damage?! Meat which has been fed, slowly and consistently, year after year of its melancholic existence, little tonics and shots to keep it healthy and safe from colds. The cow gets the last revenge you sorry mindless consumer who didn't even buy free-range, who didn't even buy the one that said 'hormone and antibiotic free' right on the bloody label! Now when Swine Flu IV in 2010 - the final showdown- hits, you will have no defenses. None. All the antibiotics in the world won't save you now, you cheap meat eater! Please tell me you buy free-range eggs and chicken, or don't even talk to me! This is payback for not supporting vegetarianism and free-range buffalo or breatharianism! Apocolyptic plagues and diseases will make your corps their playground! Read it for yourself.
Now this brings us to the next topic, Genetic Engineering. If we can get our cows to produce a leaner steak, our tomato plants to be drought, disease, and bug resistant, or farm bacteria used for medications right from the start without anyone having to be the bad guy- why not just do that? Channel the inner Einstein and play god with people's lives and bodies and create new species of iife. Sounds like a good way to spend a Saturday or two. Have the maid bring a tray of cocktails, won't you Harry?
I recently saw Stephen Hawkings say one of the more likely ways that the world will come to an end as we know it is through our own invention. That the more we tinker with things, experiment, invent, go against the way of living in harmony with nature- things will compound and eventually come to a common point of catastrophe. Anti-biotic resistant strains of disease is a good example of what he was talking about.
The number one most likely way the world will end is the domino effect of global warming, by the way. Did you know the world produces 70 million TONS of CO2 into the atmosphere every DAY? That really sucks. Everyone has pretty much given up hope on the polar bears already. E-X-T-I-N-C-T.
Can you genetically engineer some new polar ice caps, please?
Meantime, its a food revolution people. The CO2 count and your ability to withstand viral Death itself depend on it. Make wise choises at the grocery store and please keep in touch with your fellow concerned scientists who also wonder how long it will take the first robots given A.I. to revolt. (okay, maybe that's just me. well??)
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