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Re:Why I’m quitting GMO research by JepZ on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:01PM (#16703286)
Well, the difference is that we aren't living in the web. So even if the web goes down, the rest of the internet is still there and even without the internet we would survive.

So if we would live within the web, I would certainly demand to formally verify every web app before it would be deployed.

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Re:Why I’m quitting GMO research by thaumaturgy on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @09:40PM (#16703868)
There is no hypothetical scenario for ecological collapse caused by gene editing that, when critically examined, doesn't look like arguing for a flat Earth.

Conventional agricultural practices are already causing massive ecological devastation. Gene editing is a very good solution to that problem.

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