BeemerBoy Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 ^ It's also called a waste of resources. Pointless research is pointless research.....like studying the possibility of living on Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 ^ Its called curiosity and maybe some boredom. Ah, what a lovely defenition of the human race. ---Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 ^ It's also called a waste of resources. Pointless research is pointless research.....like studying the possibility of living on Mars. In science it's difficult to determine what you're going to get from research ahead of time. Many big discoveries have been made accidentally while studying something that seemed unrelated. Alexander Fleming came across penicillin by accident while studying bacteria. As for plant research, it's very important that we have as complete an understanding of plants as possible because they are the cornerstone of our food supply. As humans, we currently cannot produce enough food from existing farmland to feed our ever-swelling population. The key, therefore, is to learn as much as we can about how plants work so that we can increase crop yields from the land that we have available for farming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 ^ Yeah, I know you and I have spoken about stuff like this before, and when you put it like that, it's certainly tough to argue those points. Still, announcing to the world that you were doing research into whether plants feel pain sounds like complete BS. Besides, how much more plant research do we need? Epcot's already pumping out mickey-shaped pumpkins. I'm sticking to my thoughts on Mars research though. Humans haven't figured out how to live on this planet properly yet. What makes the government think we'll figure out how to exist on another one? But that's a whole other topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 ^Yeah, and I absolutely hated Botany when I had to study it in college. Alternation of generations, gametophytes, sporophytes, BLAH. So much to learn about stuff that just did not interest me. But, I'm glad that some people find it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teacups Make Me Sick Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Just to chime in on the plant-feeling-pain research....lets just say that they can feel pain and pain of other plants around. And maybe they grow slower because they are stressed. Perhaps plants would grow faster if fields had some kind of wall/barrier around them so that when crop A is being slaughtered, crop B wont get stressed and therefore grow slower. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 When I get home later I'm going to have a heart to heart talk with my plants. I should probably be more concerned about their feelings. I'm surprised Oprah hasn't addressed this yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Vegetables are good for you & all but if your a vegan than you are limited to certain foods & I like to eat so I could never be a vegetarian or vegan. I don't care if people are vegetarians or vegans but we can't have an over population of animals running around so it is a good thing in my opinion that we eat some of them. Why don't vegans eat eggs, milk, or cheese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Why don't vegans eat eggs, milk, or cheese? Because those things come from animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 God gave us animals to eat. -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I write for my school's paper, and one of our writers went vegan for a week, and I think he only ate bread and salad at Panera pretty much every day, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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