[extropy-chat] GM Food [was: World map of human ES cell and nuclear transfer policies]

[Samantha Atkins]

On Dec 6, 2005, at 1:34 PM, Dirk Bruere wrote:

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> On 12/6/05, Robert Bradbury <robert.bradbury at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've changed the subject because this isn't really related to human  
> stem cell engineering.
>
> It relates to arguably one of the most significant extropic  
> problems we currently face and its solutions.
>
> First, hunger and starvation are significant causes of entropy --  
> every year killing from 10 to 36 million people [6].  This is  
> highly unextropic because all of the energy, matter and time that  
> went into creating, growing and teaching those human beings is  
> completely lost!
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>
> Which has nothing to do with GM foods.
> The problem of malnourishment is a *political* problem - not a  
> technological one.
> There is plenty of food for everyone on the planet.

Proof please.

- samantha
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