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Re:Golden Rice meets food safety standards in three leading ... by icelancer on Friday May 25, 2018 @07:35PM (#17159053)
>> However, until that happens, nah, thank you.

A very first-world thing to be able to say when rejecting GMOs and other things that can improve crop yields for the less fortunate citizens of the world.

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Re:Golden Rice meets food safety standards in three leading ... by oxryly1 on Friday May 25, 2018 @07:39PM (#17159087)
Doesn't mean it's wrong. Prohibition of transgenic GMOs may be necessary to prevent widespread harm.

http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pp2.pdf

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Re:Golden Rice meets food safety standards in three leading ... by icelancer on Friday May 25, 2018 @09:18PM (#17159525)
I am very familiar with Taleb's ranting work on this subject and don't find it at all convincing.
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Re:Golden Rice meets food safety standards in three leading ... by Fins on Friday May 25, 2018 @09:24PM (#17159556)
Interesting that none of the signatories appear to be experts in, you know, biology or any relevant field.
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