“And this is the core of the poisonous apple which Adam and Eve ate.” The tour guide pointed to a core, browned from oxidation but otherwise in good shape. “This was unearthed 10 years ago in Mesopotamia, and no scientific explanation regarding its preservation has come forth.”
Someone raised a hand. “Why do we want to keep it?”
“Many reasons! The NIH wants to research its antibiotic properties. The DOE wants to examine its timelessness to find clean fuels. And, of course, the DOD wants to weaponize it. One of these efforts has already succeeded – I’ll let you guess which…”
This was written for the August 8th Carrot Ranch Prompt,Ā poison apple. I’m a pretty religious person and a scientist, so I thought this would be a good way to take the story.
What, no one wants to test its DNA? Just think, it mightn’t be an Earthling variety.
Good take on the prompt.
Lol, DNA testing is just a means, not an end – I mean, where else would the succeeding application have started? ;P
Hmm. You’ve a point
Iām willing to bet that the DOD got the results first!
Hey, we did the same challenge. I like the approach you used and the direction. It is interesting! Good job.
Thanks! And yeah, I’d put my money on the DOD too!
Dum dum duuuuuuh! Apple nukes, probably.
Oh hecks yeah. I was thinking ‘biological weapons’ like vaccine-evading smallpox or something.
That would make more sense chemically. š
Hmmm…
I’m so sorry for not seeing this or a few of your other comments! They’d somehow made their way into spam, and I just checked my spam folder today. I hope I can find all the stuff I just approved, but please forgive me if I suck!
I wonder why some things go to Spam and others don’t. I keep hearing this same comment. Also, you won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t respond. Life, as you know, has a way of keeping us busy!
Nice take on the prompt. The knowledge of good and evil. It worked out well last time we had a bite š
Haha, you’re right! Sometimes I wonder if knowledge had to have been God’s plan all along, but then I think about how life can suck and I’m like “Oh, please no…”
That apple core reminded me of some of the recent (comic) hero movies where all the pieces of an evil part have to be brought together to make it work and blow up everything. Wouldn’t it be nice if one of the seeds could grow a new tree so we all could learn us something good? Some say the fruit of the Garden was a pomegranate…which looks a bit like a grenade… Always flip sides. It would be nice occasionally if the scales weighed for good… doesn’t seem to be that way presently if we only rely on headline news. We need to flip through the paper and find some good stories about good people.
Yes, it’s too bad we like to focus on the things that rile us up more than the things that soothe us!
very creative; and I guess if something goes wrong, we can blame Adam and Eve!
My money is on the NIH. However, if the DOD learns to use it as a weapon, I wonder if it tasted like apples…to have some mercy on the victims.
I think the DOD just invented a more intense Sour Apple Warhead. So sour you die.
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Hmmm, DOD sounds powerful. Nice take on the challenge.
Thank you! š
You’re welcome, š
Chilling! And I think I guess which one got what they wanted. Makes me wonder why we ever wanted the knowledge to do what humankind can do.
My thought is because we want to worship ourselves. I believe it’s human tendency to turn inwards and believe in our own power – it’s why depression can make us feel so gloomy, because we stop having that innate belief. It’s also why, I think, most religions have an outward focus: even animism or shamanistic religions want us to put our faith somewhere other than ourselves. Anyway, that’s me waxing philosophical and probably wrong, haha!
Your waxings sound inline with a faith walk and explain both our nature to seek self-power and our proclivity to fail by it. Perhaps what we need is a balance between faith and empowerment, which I understand as accountability and actualization. Faith in something higher for our focus, but believe that we are a part of the greater whole and can use our gifts to make a difference. Now, that’s me waxing like a meliorist.
Haha, you can wax on my comments whenever you want! Those seem to be wise words.
I feel like the Karate Kid — wax on!
We’ve got some good science going on here. Great find!
Thank you! And I love science!
Love this! I’m continually appalled that great minds give us better and better ways of harming each other while technologies of cooperation lag so far behind.
This could be a way to think of it. I think part of it is we’ve recently found out that technologies we *thought* were cooperative have turned out to be so environmentally destructive (oil) or temporary fixes (antibiotics). Still, it seems the destructive stuff still works, and we’re definitely invested in that research!