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Reasonably? Yes. Favorably? I sure won't. Why is sentiment irrational? I want to eat genetically unmodified pig/plants like my ancestors did. And you know what
by badrabbit 8y ago
Reasonably? Yes. Favorably? I sure won't.
Why is sentiment irrational? I want to eat genetically unmodified pig/plants like my ancestors did. And you know what? If I had enough money I can do that. So the poor and those oblivious to the risks of consuming food modified by humans as an experiment at the genetic level become live experiments. Might be centuries before we know of any unintended consequences?
Why am I irrational to observe living things have an order to how they reproduce and mutate? When change to the order is made not at a macro level but directly at the very foundation of the living thing then isn't it wise to wait a very long time and observe the consequence?
Why the rush? The world already throws away more than enough food to feed the hungry,it's not a supply issue. If beef and grazing animal consumption is eliminated things become much more pleasant.
Why is this debate always seen through a lense of science vs ignorant pseudoscience point?
- AdamM12 8y agoI think it's pretty irrational to care about the consequences of what we eat centuries from now given that you'd be dead centuries - ~1 century. I mean if that is the case surely you can't sleep at night since the Andromeda galaxy will collide with the Milky way in ~4 billion years.
- apoorvkumar 8y agoThat's a strawman argument. Few centuries is a very reasonable timeline to worry about. I know people who have seen close to 3 quarters of a century of their decendants and are mindful of how their decisions affected their youngest.
- badrabbit 8y agoI am worried about how people will be affected by what we their ancestors ate and ourselves as well. By your argument polluting the enviornment is also ok since catastrophic events won't happen in my life time.