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GMOs are awesome. The fact that they are used to justify patenting a seed is horrifying.
by graphitezepp 9y ago
GMOs are awesome. The fact that they are used to justify patenting a seed is horrifying.
- positr0n 9y agoHonest question given that GMOs are awesome but patenting a GMO seed is bad. In that scenario, how are GMO creators incentivized to create more GMO products? Sell the first seed for a billion dollars and then the person that buys that seed can give out its progeny for free?
- undersuit 9y agoHonest question given that Genetically Engineered Babies are awesome but patenting a Genetically Engineered Baby genotype is bad. In that scenario, how are Genetically Engineered Baby creators incentivized to create more Genetically Engineered Baby genotypes? Sell the first baby for a billion dollars and then the baby can give its germline cells for free upon sexual maturity? They are selling life. Life forms reproduce. It's a pretty basic assumption and if GMO merchants want to change that then they need to embrace terminator seeds.
- ptaipale 9y agoThere's no connection really. Patenting seed has been around long, long before GMO technology (around 80 years or so in the US, around 50 years in my country).