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yip, and they are about to become a cautionary tale about GMO it seems. monoculture was once the height of scientific farming techniques. unintended consequence
by ptah 7y ago
yip, and they are about to become a cautionary tale about GMO it seems.
monoculture was once the height of scientific farming techniques.
unintended consequences seems to be an unknown consequence of scientism, the religious zealotry that some have for science
- chr1 7y agoThey have potential to become the first widely used GMO, as it will be easy to add immunity to this fungus with a small CRISPR edit.
- ptah 7y agothat edit will have other consequences for the plant as well as there is no gene that specifically controls susceptibility to this fungus
- Retric 7y agoMany GMO’s are very common already. 1/2 of all soybeans are GMO.
- ptah 7y agohopefully it won't lead to catastrophe https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modified-organisms-risk-global-ruin-says-black-swan-author-e8836fa7d78 https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modifi...