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> The best way to get an insect resistant form of corn? Breed corn. Don't modify its genetics in a lab What an incredibly ignorant statement. "The best way to
by feoren 4y ago
> The best way to get an insect resistant form of corn? Breed corn. Don't modify its genetics in a lab
What an incredibly ignorant statement. "The best way to modify the DNA of corn? Badly. Don't try to do it well." Modifying its genetics in a lab is thousands of times more efficient than selective breeding, and we're getting better at it all the time. Why on Earth would you suggest that using an incredibly blunt instrument that takes hundreds of years is better than being fast, precise, and scientific?
This is a very typical attitude of the anti-GMO crowd: "no modifying genetics unless it's done very badly!" It makes no sense at all.
- jjj123 4y agoOne reason I’m not interested in hyper efficient GMOs is that I don’t trust the incentives of the people making them. They don’t want me to be healthy, they want to grow food as cheaply as possible and for me to buy and become addicted to their product. I’m not particularly interested in increasing Monsanto’s efficiency.
- drekk 4y agoSounds like your problem is capitalism and not the underlying technology. Which brings me to a related question: does the meat/dairy industry have my health as their priority? How can you trust the incentives of any private enterprise? Unfortunately we can't all go back to subsistence agriculture. And sadly food is not seen as a right worth guaranteeing to "first world" citizens, even children, which rules out the state.
- Ekaros 4y agoAnd what makes traditional breeding methods any less susceptible to these goals? Or how far back in history of cultivars we need to go?