Floyd the Chimp catches the zeitgeist. We would have laughed if we hadn’t seen similar simplistic reasoning popping up like mushrooms (at the momemt we are not sure whether they are merely agaricus xanthodermus or perhaps the rather more sinister Amanita phalloides) shown above, in the media.
“Hippie: (reading newspaper) Ugh, look at this nanotechnology stuff. That’s so evil. They’re like… perverting everything in Mother Nature. It’s exactly like genetic engineering, you know.
My Girlfriend (molecular bio major): (finally losing patience) What? Exactly how in the hell is naotechnology “exactly like” genetic engineering? Huh? Care to enlighten me?
Hippie: …
Girlfriend: …
Hippie: They both use molecules. “