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Most people didn't see any danger to something as simple as sugar 30 years ago. We added it everywhere, and now have an obese US population with sky high diabet
by sametmax 7y ago
Most people didn't see any danger to something as simple as sugar 30 years ago. We added it everywhere, and now have an obese US population with sky high diabetes levels.
Sugar is not complicated.
The millions of DNA pairs of the millions of species of living things, all interacting, is complicated. Also, we eat those.
So we understand probably 4 percent of it, and we tweak the settings. I don't see any scenario where this is not a serious risk.
If you play with something on a huge scale that you don't fully understand, safety first.
But the worst part for me is that we have to defend the point of view of asking for being careful. Look at this thread. All I'm suggesting is a non compromising auditing system, and it's a debate !
This is insane. It should be the opposite. If you want to opt out of the safety net of humanity, you better make your case.
- hutzlibu 7y agoNo, you generally assume that GMO are unsafe. And people would like to know, why? Any particular reason except the fear of the unknown?
- pezo1919 7y agoExcept the unknown? This is the main reason for me as well. It's like a stranger coming to you with a pill: eat that. I'm sure I won't "just because" its unknown and there is a real chance it might go wrong. If I can't even estimate this chance its worse, it does mean I can not responsibly take the action.
- pezo1919 7y agoI am so happy I'm not alone with this. I'm totally with you. This is insane and REALLY scary... Now I'm wondering why to be surprised if bigcorps don't care about others future when the individuals don't really care (~=want to make sure everything will be fine and not just assuming things won't break). WDYT, what can we do about that issue? I'm totally staggered.