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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

We're also going to change your genes to benefit ourselves and you'll be completely reliant on our own survival which is looking more and more dubious with each passing year.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Turns out life just fills niches. It cares not for the length of which it can do that.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

Selective evolution, most crops look nothing like the original plant that humans originally cultivated. We choose the breed of plants which benefit us most, and the majority probably wouldn't survive in the wild if monoculture fertilized farms disappeared if humans went extinct.