MartinB comments on Plant Seeds of Rationality - Less Wrong

33 Post author: lukeprog 10 March 2011 05:51PM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 10 March 2011 08:08:56PM 5 points [-]

Most seeds planted don't grow into mature trees. It takes more than a handful of seeds to get a good chance of a self sustaining community of plants, it takes extensive cultivation, or a fair amount of luck.

Comment author: MartinB 11 March 2011 09:09:59AM 7 points [-]

You can drag a horse to water, but you cannot make it study the science of liquid nutrients.