ah, yeah the old "GMO is same mechanism as evolution" argument. But unfortunately it's also completely wrong. Evolution is local optimization (walking around A

ah, 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.