Message from @GingaBomber
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The only answers I am getting is stuff like "its unnatural" or that its "healthier" than the organic options.
Has it been tested/grown?
Supposedly.
But its been decades since GMOs are around, and I still dont think I got a straight answer as to its health effects.
And it felt like the anti gmo crowd were the first to cry foul of it.
That just speaks uninformed to me.
I think being uninform is okay, but the willingness to listen and accept the 'truth' is more important
I mean, its a dirty word as of now, but how much of that is from fearmongers, concerned citizens, or from actual results.
We've been genetically modifying our food for as long as we've been growing it. Doing it through artificial selection vs more modern means isn't what matters
It's the end result that does
They say its different
And that splicing is bad because its manmade and unnatural.
There's nothing really to argue against there.
Lots of stuff is unnatural. Doesn't mean it's bad.
Now, the legal practices behind GMOs are something to complain about
Isn't curare natural?
Thats my only issue with it
Mosanto's treatment of farmers does not help with the GMO situation
There's also the possibility of weaponizing GMO bacteria/parasites
I wouldn't go so far as saying that we GMO our food since we've been growing it, rather we selectively breed most of them
All that matters is that the food should go to the people who will need it most. Prompt help will be more useful than delayed help.
But the problem with GMO is that we are not sure of it's long term effects to the ecology and to the human body
SO heres the thing.
I think that's reasons for most people to distrust GMO
THe people who are starving now. Which will help them live longer.
Some food? Or something that keeps them alive longer but will kill them assuming GMOs do that.
Its counting on the GMOs keeping them alive long enough for a better alternative to come along.
Or else there will be no one to help when that alternative comes about
True, I think it's okay to grow it first, based on the benefits that it helps people, until we have a better alternative
But I'm worried for the future where we do have a GMO, but it's long term effect might be hard to reverse or even irreversible
There are a actually facilities that archive seeds of all kind in preparation for emergencies.
The only thing I can see that is ireversible by then, would be reliance on it.
Imagine if all GMOs died, youd have alot of people starving if they fall back to previous seed strains.
Like currently?
Yea
Exactly, we have plants that end up getting wiped out by disease.
Since all of them are the same.
Yeah, biodiversity is important here for sure.
Thats why I said, overreliance is the issue here.
Learn from the Irish
We don't want to replace every crop with one super-rice