tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364347417299521615.post8697772107897979795..comments2024-02-08T05:20:09.443-05:00Comments on DeepakSethSpeak: Of Butterflies and storms....Deepak Sethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07719056772567377429noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364347417299521615.post-42867091007020948002007-04-11T02:42:00.000-04:002007-04-11T02:42:00.000-04:00Unintended consequences are hurting us in many way...Unintended consequences are hurting us in many ways...<BR/><BR/>Local flora in sea ports is being engulfed by flora brought by tankers that clean out their tanks in foreign ports...<BR/><BR/>A very nice documentary I watched told the tale of wolves and crumbling banks of a river (I think it was in Arizona). Apparently farmers wiped out the wolves population, resulting in the local herds of grazing deer populations becoming non-chalant about their eating habits, and over grazing - even tree barks. Eventually, all trees starting dying out...and the erosion caused the banks of the river to start caving in... Once wolves were re-introducted into the area - within a decade or so, trees started flourishing again! Wow, thats the interdepdence that will take years and years of scientific endevaour to understand!<BR/><BR/>Also, I disagree with Parajit - if dinosaurs had been around, maybe man as a species would have to share space, and wouldn't have overloaded precious earth! Who knows what the outcomes would have been!?! Maybe a more interesting life-style! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364347417299521615.post-8098467442167360382007-04-09T22:00:00.000-04:002007-04-09T22:00:00.000-04:00You brought up a very good point on "unintended co...You brought up a very good point on "unintended consequences". What's important to note is that sometimes even science is unable to fully bring out all of the unintended consequences. Hence, although I agree that it is science, not political or financial clout, that should play the most important role in deciding the fate of GM crops, I do not believe culling GM crops based purely on scientific stats can prevent all the "unintended consequences". <BR/><BR/>I also do not believe that extinction of a species is necessarily a bad thing, as everyone has been made to believe - think about dinosaurs!Parijathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448644117729698070noreply@blogger.com