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> yes those genetically modified plants are somewhat scary I have a question about this. Aren't all vegetables that we eat now are 'genetically modified' by hu
by dominotw 7y ago
> yes those genetically modified plants are somewhat scary
I have a question about this. Aren't all vegetables that we eat now are 'genetically modified' by humans. There were no ancient tomatoes or ancient okra.
Is there implication that GMO's that were made in lab are more scary?
- diogenescynic 7y agoI think it's intellectually dishonest to compare artificial selection through selective breeding to genetic modification. You simply can't insert an anti-freeze gene from a fish into a tomato through artificial selection. I don't even really have an issue with GMO, but I find the arguments promoting it are often conflating different issues which just seems to muddy the debate and in my opinion seems to create more distrust.
- dominotw 7y agosorry it wasn't a gotcha point. I've heard ppl say that but I could never get a good answer what exactly makes 'genetic modification' more dangerous method vs 'breeding' method.