Re:Stop Bashing G.M.O. Foods, More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Say
by tomp on Friday July 01, 2016 @09:14AM
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It's not different discussion. It's like someone saying "Don't buy iPhones!" and you answering "But they're totally safe, they won't kill you." while ignoring they're produced using child labour.
(Probably iPhones aren't, but almost surely some other products are.)
Re:Stop Bashing G.M.O. Foods, More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Say
by eivarv on Friday July 01, 2016 @09:19AM
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It is.
I see it more like someone saying (to stick with your example): "Don't buy iPhones - they'll kill you!", and scientists answering "But they're totally safe, they won't kill you."
Meanwhile, they may be products of child-labour (or whatever other horrible circumstance we may imagine), but that's a different issue from what we are discussing.
Anyway, we're getting off track here:P
But I think would be solvable via regulation, not to mention that this is a different discussion entirely.
I don't think they are necessarily behaving in an irresponsible way, though. They are evaluating G.M.O.s with regard to health, safety, nutrition, poverty/famine and so on - not with regards to social and economical consequences (which I think would fall more within the purview of policy and regulation).
Ultimately, this issue is highly politicized, and the debate (including the comments here on HN) is often fraught with personal opinion.