We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products

Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by pluma on Monday November 07, 2016 @01:48PM (#12893687)

You can't speak of an "evolutionary scale" when there are literally intelligent designers at work, carefully cross-breeding each generation for optimal results.

It's a slower process than direct genetic manipulation, sure, but "evolutionary" implies thousands or even millions of years when the reality is closer to decades.

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by Bartweiss on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:19PM (#12894031)

This is true enough, but even decades is a far different time frame from the average GMO. 30 years of directed breeding generally means a one-off cultivar being bred into something new and then popularized. The current GMO cycle involves a 1-5 years of test plantings, followed by national distribution.

So agreed, the evolutionary scale isn't applicable here, but it's still worth noting that GMOs represent a substantial acceleration from the directed-breeding scale.

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by pluma on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @08:36AM (#12900068)

Except "atomic gardening" is considered "organic", so triggering random mutations and seeing what works is much faster than "30 years of directed breeding".

https://mvd.iaea.org

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