HOW I HATE THE TERM “BIOTECHNOLOGY”!

That is the trouble with this world. They love hype sounding word, even though it is just describing old and established processes. They just love putting the old wine into new bottle! Yet it is the same old process only being remarketed under new bottles. Guess there are so many fools out there who are mesmerized by these new words and thinking that they are exposed to new technological processes.
Why cant they just settle with the old words! The old words are there even before the term biotechnology was proposed? They could have said it as applied biology, horticulture, agriculture or even food technology.

This crazy turn of event was started in 70s when the real biotechnology was taking its form. Suddenly everyone wants a piece of the pie or its glorious popularity. Everybody want to ride the rich gravy train.

Yes! It is true that if we analyse the term biotechnology it refers generally to the application and manipulation of biology. But in the real context when the term biotechnology was initially introduced it refers to the exploitation of microorganisms using bioreactor technology. It refers to the genetic manipulation of these microorganisms and single cells to produce valuable products.

At no time did it really refer to plant or animal breeding involving crops or farm animals. They already have the field for that plant or animal breeding, important components of agriculture

To make things worst, unpopular subjects such as botany and zoology are given a new finishing and given a new title of “biodiversity”. Wow!!! It is the same old crap of taxonomy…..adoihhhhh!

That is the trouble with most of us. Rather than trying to improve the wine we are so busy trying to improve the bottles. The wine remains as stale as before…hehe. We must stop kidding ourselves and start to face the truth realistically


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