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Makes me think that instead of tuning a clock to follow a forest cycle via tree rings extractions, it would be kinda cool to maybe genetically engineer a tree w
by jiehong 2y ago
Makes me think that instead of tuning a clock to follow a forest cycle via tree rings extractions, it would be kinda cool to maybe genetically engineer a tree with external display of the past time.
One could read a tree optically to found out its age, growth speed throughout the ages and maybe even nutrient availability and balance.
And for humans, how about a smartwatch showing you your biological time and the speed of aging? May be a bit creepy
- SamBam 2y ago> Being dimly aware that human beings had learned to tell the age of a tree by counting the rings, the original Counting Pines decided that this was why humans cut trees down. > Overnight every Counting Pine readjusted its genetic code to produce, at about eye-level on its trunk, in pale letters, its precise age. Within a year they were felled almost into extinction by the ornamental house number plate industry, and only a very few survive in hard-to-reach areas. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett