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This morning on the train I saw a reference to the book 'Silent Spring' in one of the books I'm currently reading. (Silent Spring is from 1962 and it's about environmental poisons such as DDT.)

I had never heard about this book before, I think. (As I'm writing this, I wonder if it was mentioned in 'The Moth in the Iron Lung', which i read years ago.)

Now fast forward to this evening, watching the first episode of 'Three Body Problem'. My head almost exploded when at the 35 minute mark a guy holds up, not even kidding, that very book from 1962.

You never see something your entire life, then twice in less than 24 hours. Fucking weird.

This morning on the train I saw a reference to the book 'Silent Spring' in one of the books I'm currently reading. (Silent Spring is from 1962 and it's about environmental poisons such as DDT.) I had never heard about this book before, I think. (As I'm writing this, I wonder if it was mentioned in 'The Moth in the Iron Lung', which i read years ago.) Now fast forward to this evening, watching the first episode of 'Three Body Problem'. My head almost exploded when at the 35 minute mark a guy holds up, not even kidding, that very book from 1962. You never see something your entire life, then twice in less than 24 hours. Fucking weird.

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From what I've seen and read in the last couple of years, DDT being toxic might be complete horseshit and it might even be a cure for cancer.

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Not sure about that, it is a pesticide which means it kills stuff.

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In all fairness, water kills stuff as well.

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Only if you breathe it.

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Obviously you are a proponent of atomic weaponry as relatively harmless. DDT is an endocrine disruptor and fucks you over for decades.

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Interesting. Got a few pointers?