Afternoon Maine Yank,
I would never take your opinion the wrong way! Unless of course you were being rash and baseless, then that would just be mean. LOL
It's definently not my intent to be 'in your face' or force my thoughts upon others. However in the short time I've been involved with MMJ I've seen an abundance of misconceptions, misinformation and unchecked data that get's republished - I feel terrible for the community as a whole. I've only been growing for about 6 months now, researching for about 9, however the amount of knowledge I've been able to aquire in this field is that of just a few weeks in others I've studied. Yes I've read tons of stuff, but the fact of the matter is MJ is a popular subject so it's more prone to these misconceptions and passage of information as I mention. However when you study the embryotic development of fish, or systematic behavior of scorpions - their is a lot less data available. That which is availble is heavily scrutinized by the scientific community. I will not lie, I wasn't one of those people doing the writing or the scrutinizing, I was just the one working and reading.
This stuff involving genetics is easy stuff, and I'd like to do my best to explain it without saying "I know what I'm talking about". Because the guy who just say's that is usually the idiot in the group. I think everyone in the MMJ community deserves to know how basic genetics works and why what breeders are doing today is half ass and bs. If one spends about a half a day researching the hybrid corn seed industry/history you can sort of see a trend of what I mention. However corn self pollinates naturally.
So once again, I don't mean to come off as a jerk. I just think everyone deserves more building blocks to further their knowledge. Just because I worked in lab settings for 10 years as well doesn't mean I'm gainfully employed!

Research pay's pennies, and if any of you fellow New Englander's could offer me a good oppurtunity up there I'd scoop it in a heart beat!
Bud