While I applaud this development, it's too bad that there is very little attention on cancer prevention.
Because, of course, prevention brings no profit.
According to my insurance agent (yeah, I know, a highly scientific source) a white male has 100% (one hundred) percent chance of getting cancer by the age of 65.
On the other hand, according to my 73 year old Tai Chi teacher, that's bullsh*t.
No, they (we?) would rather say that it could cross-breed with other types of grass and share it's genes with them.
And that could, at best, lead to the degradation of our biodiversity. At worst, to the extinction of those grass types. And the extinction of the insects depending on those grass. Think "butterfly effect".
And once it is in the wild the thing is virtually unstoppable. In short, cutting the grass is much more less of an effort.
I am not against science, but I am against potentially dangerous experiemnts for profit which could risk our ecosphere.
>I don't think genetic engineering is a solution for any problem. That is stupid. >I do think it has the power to save us from various current and future problems.
These two sentences seem to carry opposite meanings.
>The current state of medicine has helped COUNTLESS more people than it has hurt. Yes, we will look back on it someday the way we look back at medieval barbers. Does that mean we should halt all current efforts?
No. Nobody is talking abouthalting current efforts. What I would like to see is scientific research in a controlled environment. Not in the wild, using us as guinea pigs.
Controlled. This is the key word. Would you like to have nuclear reactor experiments happening in the middle of New York, without safety procedures? Of course not.
Letting modified genes run free in the wild is essentially the same. We simply don't know how it will alter our biological environment. But whatever happens, it can not be redone. This is not how science works.
Many scientists exposed themselves to incredible risks in order to advance science. I admire this people. But this time these "scientists" are risking us, the rest of the world. It can not be done in the name of science. Whoever does anything to potentially risk the ecosphere as we know it is not a scientists, but a criminal.
Yes, we can't stop progress, nor should we. But progress does not mean blindly going over the edge of the cliff, then trying to figure out how to survive.
Why do you think that genetic engineering is a solution for any problem?
Why do you think -- no, *believe* -- that it will save us?
Look at the current, desperate state of modern medicine. Every medicine is almost at least as harmful as helpful. Check the failures, the side effects discovered too late, the whole rush to push out the product to make profit.
This is the same with the GMO stuff as well. They are doing everything to please their sponsors and deliver the products. The only difference is, you can't call back a faulty gene as you would a medicine. If it's out, then it's out of control.
I'm afraid this time "Bravely going where no one has gone before" will be "Bravely going to the point of no return"
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While I applaud this development, it's too bad that there is very little attention on cancer prevention.
Because, of course, prevention brings no profit.
According to my insurance agent (yeah, I know, a highly scientific source) a white male has 100% (one hundred) percent chance of getting cancer by the age of 65.
On the other hand, according to my 73 year old Tai Chi teacher, that's bullsh*t.
No, they (we?) would rather say that it could cross-breed with other types of grass and share it's genes with them.
And that could, at best, lead to the degradation of our biodiversity.
At worst, to the extinction of those grass types. And the extinction of the insects depending on those grass. Think "butterfly effect".
And once it is in the wild the thing is virtually unstoppable. In short, cutting the grass is much more less of an effort.
I am not against science, but I am against potentially dangerous experiemnts for profit which could risk our ecosphere.
>I don't think genetic engineering is a solution for any problem. That is stupid.
>I do think it has the power to save us from various current and future problems.
These two sentences seem to carry opposite meanings.
>The current state of medicine has helped COUNTLESS more people than it has hurt. Yes, we will look back on it someday the way we look back at medieval barbers. Does that mean we should halt all current efforts?
No. Nobody is talking abouthalting current efforts. What I would like to see is scientific research in a controlled environment. Not in the wild, using us as guinea pigs.
Controlled. This is the key word. Would you like to have nuclear reactor experiments happening in the middle of New York, without safety procedures? Of course not.
Letting modified genes run free in the wild is essentially the same. We simply don't know how it will alter our biological environment. But whatever happens, it can not be redone. This is not how science works.
Many scientists exposed themselves to incredible risks in order to advance science. I admire this people. But this time these "scientists" are risking us, the rest of the world. It can not be done in the name of science. Whoever does anything to potentially risk the ecosphere as we know it is not a scientists, but a criminal.
Yes, we can't stop progress, nor should we. But progress does not mean blindly going over the edge of the cliff, then trying to figure out how to survive.
Why do you think that genetic engineering is a solution for any problem?
Why do you think -- no, *believe* -- that it will save us?
Look at the current, desperate state of modern medicine. Every medicine is almost at least as harmful as helpful. Check the failures, the side effects discovered too late, the whole rush to push out the product to make profit.
This is the same with the GMO stuff as well. They are doing everything to please their sponsors and deliver the products. The only difference is, you can't call back a faulty gene as you would a medicine. If it's out, then it's out of control.
I'm afraid this time "Bravely going where no one has gone before" will be "Bravely going to the point of no return"