Man -- A chemical compound!

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Dinesh ^club

Chemicals are pretty maligned in modern society. We’re constantly being told that certain food is healthy because it includes no artificial chemicals, and I’ve ever seen claims for “chemical-free” bottled water. But the fact is that pure water is itself a chemical, as is everything that makes up our bodies. Even before humanity began to settle down and the first cities were founded in Mesopotamia, our lives depended on the deliberate extraction manipulation, and exploitation of natural chemicals. Over the centuries we’re learned new ways to interconvert between different substances, transforming those that can be most easily acquired from our surroundings into those that we need the most,and producing the raw materials with which our civilization has been built. Our success as a species has come not just from mastering farming and animal husbandry or employing tools and mechanical systems to east labor; it also derives from the proficiency with which we can provide substances and materials with desirable qualities. ~_103

12 months ago. Edited 12 months ago.

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