As a person trained in scientific thought and practice, I am against GMO research for the simple reason that it is one of the main factors enabling runaway popu

As a person trained in scientific thought and practice, I am against GMO research for the simple reason that it is one of the main factors enabling runaway population growth. The community involved in GMO research often cite the need to feed growing numbers of people (the author of this article, for one) as one of the motivators of their work, but they never seem to openly acknowledge the fact that they themselves are contributing to the problem they claim to help solve. Based on this alone I wish the entire field could be massively curtailed, if not entirely shut down. The earth needs far less people, not more, and this type of research seems to be making the odds of a future population crisis higher, not lower. Please note that I'm not at all questioning the actual science or the validity of the topic as a research area - merely the impact that said activities have upon the real world, impacts that I don't believe we can ignore.