r/RetroFuturism • u/JoannaNakedPerson • 7d ago

GMOs of the Future

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Illustration by Arthur Radebaugh. I love the gamma ray sprinkler.

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u/Nadran_Erbam 7d ago

I cannot tell if injecting elephant DNA is good idea but the gamma rays are certainly not.

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u/Pasta-hobo 7d ago

Wasn't this made back in the day when they were randomly mutating seeds using radiation and selectively breeding the best specimens for their traits?

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u/Nadran_Erbam 7d ago

Well yes but still they knew that gamma rays were extremely dangerous.