The claim that “the purpose of GMOs is so Monsanto can have a plant they own..” is false. One tiny aspect of GMOs which objectors constantly harp on is Monsanto’s business model.
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I tend to treat anger and frustration as resulting from my map not matching the terrain somewhere. I suspect that your frustration is rooted in inaccurate mapping concerning the prior commitment that prevented you from meeting Patri. My guess is that you correctly assumed that there would be a small chance that something “better” than your commitment would pop-up that you would have to miss; but, you failed to properly assess the emotional impact this unlikely scenario would have on you. Now you can update your priors, do some re-mapping and be better prepared emotionally to deal with low-probability/high-annoyingness events.
Also, how similar is the present Patri-hysteria in Finland to the Beatles-hysteria in the 60′s?
Somehow I doubt that the part about needing a guy to have lots of sex with you is worth mentioning.
I was going to say that same exact thing in 10x as many words.
While I would be interested in contributing to someone’s independent research, a vague post on LW doesn’t come anywhere close to meeting my minimum threshold for confidence to do such a thing. I would recommend that you continue working and spend your free time writing a paper or an intricate analysis or something else to inspire confidence in your potential to contribute significantly to the singularity/AI body of knowledge. Otherwise, why shouldn’t I just donate my money to SIAI?
GMO tech is used for a broad set of purposes and on a broad set of organisms. Monsanto uses GMO tech for specific purposes (firstly, to profit) on specific organisms. I don’t see why this is a big problem for GMO tech even if there is an ethical breach by Monsanto.