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This already happens without GMOs, e.g. Africanized bees. Meanwhile, having a dead man switch would turn GMO-based food systems into a potential weapon (i.e. do
by deadowl 10y ago
This already happens without GMOs, e.g. Africanized bees. Meanwhile, having a dead man switch would turn GMO-based food systems into a potential weapon (i.e. don't mess with us or we'll put your country into a famine).
- anotheryou 10y agoExactly, so probably we don't want more of it, no? And the bees might be an invasive species, but they have no superpowers. I'm not sure how wide the biological niche of a GMO plant can get. For the dead man switch: maybe the activator could be something simple and well known, just not so common in normal surface soil. But I don't even know how big this risk is...