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I wish/hope there is something similar in India :-) Be careful what you wish for. If you can do something sneaky with biological tech for justice, others can d

I wish/hope there is something similar in India :-) Be careful what you wish for. If you can do something sneaky with biological tech for justice, others can do bad things with it too. When I saw the headline with "drone" in it, I immediately imagined an evil plot where some organization genetically engineers a plant to produce pollen with a tailored allergenic effect on one particular ethnic group, then seeds a particular area with it. What's more, they slowly ramp up the level of allergenic effect over the space of a decade, so that the effect looks natural. This will probably be within the reach of billionaires and smaller governments in a decade.

samstave 9y ago
Wow... I am amazed that this is where you "immediately" thought to go... What I thought about was drone-bombing marijuana on all private residences and public buildings of government. Imagine seeding the whitehouse lawn with pot!
- smt88 9y ago
  Naturally growing marijuana is common in the US. It's possible there's "ditch weed" growing all over DC. (And no, you can't use it to get high.) More: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3tz1ym/does_marijuana_grow_naturally_in_the_woods_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3tz1ym/does_mari...
- civilian 9y ago
  I'm pretty sure that you don't want to violate the white house air space. :-O However, I'm sure there are a lot of soft targets, and this is a genius idea. Does the DEA have some nice lawns? Maybe state capitols?
- beat 9y ago
  Back in my carefree days of youth, I would save the seeds from all the pot I smoked, sprout them in wet paper towels, and plant the sprouts in poorly-maintained landscaping around government buildings. It grows quickly, so it was always amusing to see a couple of obvious marijuana plants springing up by the shrubs and juniper bushes.
- stcredzero 9y ago
  Wow... I am amazed that this is where you "immediately" thought to go... My brain has been on a Tom Clancy "evil plot" kick. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14361500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14361500 Just remembered: A long time ago, I imagined a "magical realism/sci-fi" fantasy-textured story with a "race" analogous to the fae folk or the "Children of the Forest" from GoT, but instead of disappearing into hills, they disappeared into impassable hedges. These weren't impassable due to magic, however. Instead, the hedges were suffused with plants similar to Poison Oak, and the natives of the land had simply developed an immunity to it.
smt88 9y ago
> tailored allergenic effect on one particular ethnic group Happily, this is impossible.
- stcredzero 9y ago
  I've read that it's not impossible. You can't make something work with 100% accuracy, but that is not needed for this purpose. If you're going to reply there are no genetic racial differences, then consider sickle cell anemia and differences in alcohol metabolism.
  - crypt1d 9y ago
    I've also read a lot of stuff on the Internet, that doesn't make it all true. Source?
  - smt88 9y ago
    There are genetic racial differences, but the lines are so fuzzy and inconsistent that this couldn't work.
curiousDog 9y ago
Nice to see you're still at it Agent Mulder ;)

samstave 9y ago

Wow... I am amazed that this is where you "immediately" thought to go... What I thought about was drone-bombing marijuana on all private residences and public buildings of government. Imagine seeding the whitehouse lawn with pot!

smt88 9y ago
Naturally growing marijuana is common in the US. It's possible there's "ditch weed" growing all over DC. (And no, you can't use it to get high.) More: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3tz1ym/does_marijuana_grow_naturally_in_the_woods_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3tz1ym/does_mari...
civilian 9y ago
I'm pretty sure that you don't want to violate the white house air space. :-O However, I'm sure there are a lot of soft targets, and this is a genius idea. Does the DEA have some nice lawns? Maybe state capitols?
beat 9y ago
Back in my carefree days of youth, I would save the seeds from all the pot I smoked, sprout them in wet paper towels, and plant the sprouts in poorly-maintained landscaping around government buildings. It grows quickly, so it was always amusing to see a couple of obvious marijuana plants springing up by the shrubs and juniper bushes.
stcredzero 9y ago
Wow... I am amazed that this is where you "immediately" thought to go... My brain has been on a Tom Clancy "evil plot" kick. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14361500 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14361500 Just remembered: A long time ago, I imagined a "magical realism/sci-fi" fantasy-textured story with a "race" analogous to the fae folk or the "Children of the Forest" from GoT, but instead of disappearing into hills, they disappeared into impassable hedges. These weren't impassable due to magic, however. Instead, the hedges were suffused with plants similar to Poison Oak, and the natives of the land had simply developed an immunity to it.

smt88 9y ago

> tailored allergenic effect on one particular ethnic group Happily, this is impossible.

stcredzero 9y ago
I've read that it's not impossible. You can't make something work with 100% accuracy, but that is not needed for this purpose. If you're going to reply there are no genetic racial differences, then consider sickle cell anemia and differences in alcohol metabolism.
- crypt1d 9y ago
  I've also read a lot of stuff on the Internet, that doesn't make it all true. Source?
- smt88 9y ago
  There are genetic racial differences, but the lines are so fuzzy and inconsistent that this couldn't work.

curiousDog 9y ago

Nice to see you're still at it Agent Mulder ;)