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Life by definition is a process of genetic modification
by wetpaws 7y ago
Life by definition is a process of genetic modification
- anigbrowl 7y agoTruisms don't make for productive discussions. Picture yourself receiving a cancer diagnosis followed by your statement above.
- wetpaws 7y agoHow is cancer related to gmo? You know what is also bad? Traffic jam and rain. And flu. And clowns, I hate them.
- anigbrowl 7y agoOh, you're just trolling. Bye.
- kortilla 7y agoFear-mongering doesn’t make for productive discussions either. These mosquitoes are not super mosquitoes so they don’t lend any credence to the anti-GMO tropes. Picture yourself receiving a cancer diagnosis and then hearing that tobacco is organic non-GMO.
- tomp 7y ago> Picture yourself receiving a cancer diagnosis and then hearing that tobacco is organic non-GMO. Oh come on this is such a ridiculous point. No these mosquitoes are not super-mosquitoes - I never implied so. However, these mosquitoes are a GMO experiment gone wrong - fortunately this "wrong" doesn't mean "world-destroying" (so far), but just "unintended", but that's kind-of my point - who's to say that the next time a GMO experiment goes "wrong" it won't be a bit more wrong...
- tomp 7y agoah, yeah the old "GMO is same mechanism as evolution" argument. But unfortunately it's also completely wrong. Evolution is local optimization (walking around Australia in search for the highest mountain), whereas GMOs are global optimization (flying to the Himalayas). For another counterexample, natural nuclear reactors exist (i.e. can happen "naturally", because chance), but we're still concerned about artificial (engineered) nuclear reactors, because they can have much worse consequences than what could happen just by chance.