tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post7636008911453107007..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: Ruin is forever: When the precautionary principle is justifiedKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-85925549784716025432014-09-13T17:17:59.379-04:002014-09-13T17:17:59.379-04:00As a retired farmer that never used GM seeds or an...As a retired farmer that never used GM seeds or any herbicide,insecticides and only 50% of the needed chemical nitrogen to achieve a legume crop to fix the fertility naturally as the legume root systems can derive approximately 50% of the needed nitrogen directly from the air that I realized early on that gene modifications were wholly different from the hybridization that all of our seeds were developed using. Only a decade ago after retiring from farming that I realized just how bad our naturalized seed stocks had been contaminated by the crossover of the GM seed pollen when I witnessed the effects of this pollen pollution in Mexico where corn originated and the contamination caused a lot of seriously bad mutations that were not good at all. When I saw the same thing occurring in the US, it was easy to see that GM was not anything good for any of our seeds that were developed naturally and then to discover the term "MONOPOLY" as something that Monsanto was using to get its foot in the door along with huge campaign contributions to guarantee that government would protect them and they did so with new seed patent laws,seed saving laws all illegal of course and will one day be reversed and GMO will become of the past, but we will already lose much of our pure strain seed stocks before that time arrives. India will soon send the GM criminals packing just as they sent the British away long ago and they will save some, but not all of the diverse seeds that they lost when Monsanto bought many of that countries seed companies to withdraw the seed from the market and sell GM seeds to the farmers guaranteeing better results, but after reading the contract there is nothing about that guarantee to be found. I heard recently about how Norway planted a GM corn crop that produced no ears. That was enough and they sent Monsanto packing with nobody in the world any the wiser. I believe that there is no more GM seed in Norway, but that Monsanto has the keys to the seed cold storage, but supposedly they need permission to enter and withdraw any samples because they paid a portion of the development of that storage facility. I would place a 24 hour guard on that place if Monsanto has access to it as they practice capitalism at all costs not precautionary principle as in the EU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-17550015748769675752014-09-13T07:45:43.807-04:002014-09-13T07:45:43.807-04:00Michael just know that Nassim predicted the 2 fina...Michael just know that Nassim predicted the 2 financial collapses - one in 1987 and the latest in 2007 .<br />He understood risk and invested money in both, so kinda exponentially made a lot of money.<br />It would look as though he does know AND understand that about which he speaks. <br />Tell me Michael what is your expertise ?MartinRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223445998180879644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-56909561411836659252014-09-01T06:35:46.322-04:002014-09-01T06:35:46.322-04:00The problem is Nassim does not know what he's ...The problem is Nassim does not know what he's talking about:<br /><br />http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/nassim-taleb-the-precautionary-principle-and-gmos/Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010647054268510724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-6765776129570448032014-08-31T14:39:39.176-04:002014-08-31T14:39:39.176-04:00Two other good books are "The Limits of Safet...Two other good books are "The Limits of Safety" by Scott D. Sagan and "Normal Accidents" by Charles Perrow. Both discuss interlocking complexity and tight temporal coupling as principles explaining how some system 'unplanned excursions' or accidents are well-night inevitable but societally unacceptable.S. W. Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654864579983316386noreply@blogger.com