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There's a lot happening in this industry and even I group "GM" in with unripe hemp-thistle-core "ripen on the shelf" tomatoes. GM wasn't introduced for better t

There's a lot happening in this industry and even I group "GM" in with unripe hemp-thistle-core "ripen on the shelf" tomatoes. GM wasn't introduced for better tasting healthier produce. GM is used to product more resilient longer shelf live produce. Don't be surprised when pseudoscience believing corporate-cynical customers don't trust the newest food tech, when it was only developed to increase corporate profits in the first place. Maybe people just want what they think is 'natural' with the understanding that breeding is different than Genetic Modification. One works with the tools nature created the other is playing God.

TeMPOraL 8y ago
> Don't be surprised when pseudoscience believing corporate-cynical customers don't trust the newest food tech, when it was only developed to increase corporate profits in the first place. I'm not surprised, because this topic has exactly zero to do with science, health, or truth. It's all about trust issues. About abuse on one end used by the other side to fertilize the public perception with bullshit. Alas, I wish people complaining about "chemicals" in food and "ripen on the shelf" tomatoes and stuff would realize how big a logistic hurdle it is to feed 7 billion people. All those inventions developed to make food live longer on the shelf (and in trucks) is part of what enables you and me to be a programmer, instead of a farmer. > Maybe people just want what they think is 'natural' with the understanding that breeding is different than Genetic Modification. One works with the tools nature created the other is playing God. By those standards almost no technology should be allowable. Floods are the tools nature created; putting up dams is playing God. Lightning is the tool nature created, electrical generators is playing God.

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There's a lot happening in this industry and even I group "GM" in with unripe hemp-thistle-core "ripen on the shelf" tomatoes. GM wasn't introduced for better t

by headShrinker 8y ago

TeMPOraL 8y ago
> Don't be surprised when pseudoscience believing corporate-cynical customers don't trust the newest food tech, when it was only developed to increase corporate profits in the first place. I'm not surprised, because this topic has exactly zero to do with science, health, or truth. It's all about trust issues. About abuse on one end used by the other side to fertilize the public perception with bullshit. Alas, I wish people complaining about "chemicals" in food and "ripen on the shelf" tomatoes and stuff would realize how big a logistic hurdle it is to feed 7 billion people. All those inventions developed to make food live longer on the shelf (and in trucks) is part of what enables you and me to be a programmer, instead of a farmer. > Maybe people just want what they think is 'natural' with the understanding that breeding is different than Genetic Modification. One works with the tools nature created the other is playing God. By those standards almost no technology should be allowable. Floods are the tools nature created; putting up dams is playing God. Lightning is the tool nature created, electrical generators is playing God.