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In reply to the discussion: Total Ban On GM Corn in France Follows Popular Opposition [View all]FarrenH
(768 posts)working on artificial neural network solutions, who has never been associated with the agricultural industry in any way. I also feel that corporate capitalism in the West is broken and is responsible for massive and increasing inequality. In fact I've just been involved in a long thread on facebook about Piketty's groundbreaking Capital in the 21st Century.
But I also have a deep love for science. I recreationally read hard science books on AI, biology, cosmology et al all the time. And I think people who reason as far as "Teh corporations! Therefore: GMOs iz poison" are doing both themselves and their communities a disservice. If you really have made no effort to understand the actual science behind genetically modified organisms and have not bothered to read any actual scientific studies on the GMOs you're bloviating about the dangers of, you sound like an idiot and you're spreading disinformation.
As it happens I think there are a legitimate issues around commercial GMOs. I have a serious problem with the patenting of life forms and think there *may* be some valid ecological concerns about the too-rapid introduction of novel genes, although that is still only a vague concern. But know-nothings trying to school far more informed people on "teh toxins" when they literally don't have a clue what they're talking about is just irritating. Its like having a four-year-old lecture you on ethics in the workplace, only not cute.
If your intuitions make you distrust a vendor of some GMO enough that you don't want to consume their products, just say that. Don't pretend to wisdom you don't have.