"Makes me uneasy" stands for "makes me want to be careful", and imo this is an essential motif in engineering practice. The key is to remind ourselves that food

"Makes me uneasy" stands for "makes me want to be careful", and imo this is an essential motif in engineering practice. The key is to remind ourselves that food is engineering, and with inputs and outputs which could have vast ramifications for human health and safety. GMO should be regulated and systematically evaluated by an array of public oversight systems. The concern is that it requires PhD levels of knowledge and scientific mindedness to understand and evaluate GMO in a pragmatic, effective way (that doesn't dive into religious pseudoscience---I'm looking at you DNA-free bottled water). An even huger problem is that understanding this issue in a broad sense requires renaissance person levels of capabilities and personal sensitivity. (Does it matter that food is complex, interesting, driving unique sensory experiences? Let's make it sweet baby, that hits in the taste tests.) The same is true, perhaps even more so, for our information diet. It defines our reality.