Gene banks aren’t enough to save the world’s food
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#3proceeds to eat humans
I get the point but it's an extremely nuanced point to the point it might be a poor generalisation even with the content of the article considered.
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#4How far are we from just saving the genetic code digitally and then synthesizing the seeds by arranging a sequence of amino acids to instantiate viable nucleotides? Is this still science fiction?
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#5proceeds to eat humans I get the point but it's an extremely nuanced point to the point it might be a poor generalisation even with the content of the article considered.
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#6How far are we from just saving the genetic code digitally and then synthesizing the seeds by arranging a sequence of amino acids to instantiate viable nucleotides? Is this still science fiction?
Seeds are more than just a program. They are more an embryo than a cell.
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#7How far are we from just saving the genetic code digitally and then synthesizing the seeds by arranging a sequence of amino acids to instantiate viable nucleotides? Is this still science fiction?
Seeds are more than just a program. They are more an embryo than a cell.
How far are we from instantiating the proper embryo then?
Re: Gene banks aren’t enough to save the world’s food
#8I recently came across the videos of Oregon State horticulturalist Andrew Millison, who is an amazingly clear presenter about permaculture: https://www.youtube.com/@amillison/videos
For example, he has nice videos about chinampas in Mexico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86gyW0vUmVs , a medieval Indian canal tunnel of a style found throughout Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kplvq0C-cdE , efforts to return a Hawaiian watershed to something like its historical state https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7q8friw1p8 , the Indian Paani Foundation's "water cup" to revitalize drought stricken villages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXqkSh7P7Lc , and the difficulty of using ancient iron-saturated aquifers for irrigation in western Egypt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBC5wOLF1hQ
Re: Gene banks aren’t enough to save the world’s food
#9How far are we from just saving the genetic code digitally and then synthesizing the seeds by arranging a sequence of amino acids to instantiate viable nucleotides? Is this still science fiction?
Seeds are more than just a program. They are more an embryo than a cell.
You're making a distinction without a difference there.