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• Commented on Markov Chain Dirty To Me
  Sorry for replying to myself here, but I think that I may have actually come up with a partial-solution to getting around the "selection bias" currently in play... Only "man on the street" interviews could possibly hope to fix this...
• Commented on Markov Chain Dirty To Me
  In general, with GMO crops, all the knowledge is tied up in the company and the farmer is a contract grower following directions and taking all the risk. With organic farming, the knowledge is mostly in the heads of the...
• Commented on Markov Chain Dirty To Me
  re: organic food / anti-GMO movements What a lovely analogy to use for this! I'm personally looking forward to seeing more of the "golden rice" / "increased yield" kinds of GMO's. Although, what seems to me as being more popular...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Equoid
  So how do the beasties manage this trick? I'm thinking of the possibilities of a successful domestication program, like cleaning up FOX News spills. Now, that sounds like a scarily effective form of spooky action at a distance! :-D...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Equoid
  Right, so is there any way to convince them to work together with us on this one?...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Equoid
  Right, so is there any way to convince them to work together with us on this one?...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Equoid
  just waltzing with DK again? Yeah, probably... Don't we all do that dance? How can you tell for sure?? Anyways, no magic necessary. Just a gradual personnel shift... You think the engineers at Lockheed and Northrop can only build the...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: Equoid
  Wow, ecology sounds really tough! Even if the decomposition and topsoil issues are reasonably solved, there's still the matter of figuring out which foods will be able to sustain your crews in their new environments. We could select crew-members based...