Spyke
Nepenthereply
kbin.social

I figured I had worse things in my history and my personal TSA agent deserved to see this too, but nothing comes up except weird non-porn crypto stuff, a fully-clothed Shadowheart, and a magazine cover with muffins on it.

Don't let this be my legacy.

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scopsreply
reddthat.com

TSA? You googling this shit in the line at airport security?

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lemmy.world

Not sure you can say the same thing about maize. That plant is a mutant freak considering what we did to it.

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jolreply
discuss.tchncs.de

You mean that by controlling humans, maize evolved to a stronger plant?

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lemmy.world

It's not stronger but more versatile. I'm not sure you call something that can't reproduce without human intervention stronger. The stalk is definitely stronger than the original teosinte plant, that trait was selected over time for bean support.

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So it sacrificed independence for symbiosis to assure a robust position in the ecology. The strains of escherichia coli in our gut depend on us to survive, but man, what a crib!

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Toriborreply
corndog.social

Particularly in the US most people are literally made of corn. Most foods have corn additives, the beef we eat is primarily fed corn before being slaughtered. On a molecular level we're corn.

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It was a rough early relationship. Early staples were not conducive to agriculture. Generations of selective breeding and grafting gave us better plants for crops. We both made the relationship work for mutual benefit.

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Hallucinogenics were pretty easy to cultivate though and when you get the itch.. (I mean, probably)

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BeefPianoreply
lemmy.world

I keep thinking about his “there’s no point in invading lands anymore now, we are now a mostly peaceful world” thing as I read about Ukraine and Palestine

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Pretty sure i remember Harari mentioning his country Israel "not getting the memo" or something to that effect with the war thing. Double checked the book real quick and he does mention that conflict could arise in some of these countries despite us breaking the law of the jungle (conflict being natural and inevitable).

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lemmy.one

I see someone has been reading Sapiens.

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Gud book, getting the same vibe rn by Life and death of great American cities by Jane jacobs

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Macropolisreply
lemmy.world

Depending on what species of overlord contacted your tribe first.

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pawb.social

Modified the behavioral patterns, biological features, or both, of a species in a way that creates a new symbiotic relationship.

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Modified how? If it is modified by any influence at all, I think that is too broad, it would include all symbiotic relationships.

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