La genética de los M&M’s
El anuncio original (cuyo texto reproduzco a continuación) es demencial, pero no me digan que no entran ganas de hacerlo con los viejos Lacasitos…
Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.
Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the “loser,” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.
I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.
Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.
When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3×5 card reading, “Please use this M&M for breeding purposes.”
This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this “grant money.” I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.
There can be only one.
(Visto en Metafilter.)
Curiosa idea. Y, sin embargo, ¿qué opinarán los creacionistas sobre esto?
Comentario por EC-JPR — 21/4/2008 @ 11:12 pm
Los creacionistas colocan el tubito de los Lacasitos directamente en su boca y se los tragan todos a la vez, pues, como buenos cristianos que son no pueden hacer diferencias entre las golosinas.
O eso dicen.
Comentario por YTHuR — 22/4/2008 @ 10:09 am
Me ha encantado. Más si tenemos en cuenta que estoy haciendo el proyecto de fin de carrera sobre algoritmos genéticos xDDDDDDD
Comentario por Lolo — 22/4/2008 @ 11:38 am
XD Que bueno, me parto XD
Comentario por Wulf — 22/4/2008 @ 1:07 pm
La gente está fatal.
PD y disclaimer: Niños, no toméis esto como una lección de genética. La hipótesis de que los M&Ms se reproducen sexualmente no está probada como válida. Esto en cambio sí podría funcionar con tomates, pollitos o cachorros, pero no se lo digáis al Joan Herrera.
Comentario por Txapulín — 22/4/2008 @ 4:17 pm