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In reply to the discussion: GMO's are they safe? There is no way to be sure yet...there are no absolutes in young science... [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)18. Evolution is not infinite.
If DNA that is adaptive can exist, it will exist. If it doesn't, it may have already failed.
Evolution is not infinite. Not every possible combination has been tried.
Additionally, evolutionary pressure is not perfectly effective. Let's say a random mutation appears in apples that makes them sweeter. Will that gene come to dominate the species? Maybe. Maybe not. If the tree dies due to a drought, it will not spread, and it is not the new gene's fault.
Lastly, it can often take multiple steps for evolution to develop a functional thing. Creationists used to use flagella to argue against evolution. The claim was flagella could not have appeared by evolution, since a long, non-mobile structure would make the not-quite-flagella bacteria be out-competed by other bacteria. So the existence of flagella prove intelligent design. This argument fell apart when microbiologists found not-quite flagella. They're sensory organs, allowing the bacteria to detect dangerous chemicals before they wandered into them.
Bringing that back to GMOs, we can do some "intelligent design", and bring about something that would not naturally appear because the individual components are disadvantages.
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GMO's are they safe? There is no way to be sure yet...there are no absolutes in young science... [View all]
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
OP
And your suspecting comes from assuming (virtually) every combination has been tried
jeff47
Aug 2014
#62
How many times do you like explaining to people that women should be paid the same as men?
jeff47
Aug 2014
#6
No, I'm not. The GMO producers are. They're clearly terrified of the results independent
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#71
Just because the funding is independent doesn't mean the research wasn't restricted
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#74
And in Europe they have decided, based on the evidence that you reject, to strictly regulate GMO's.
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#84
Oh right. Because all those European scientists are suffering from irrational fear.
pnwmom
Aug 2014
#87
no but to be fair im willing to take a look...only thing that bothers me is the whois lookup
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
#14
Which is why you read the journal articles instead of trusting the web site. (nt)
jeff47
Aug 2014
#15
You think that a transglobal corporate monster like Monsanto should be allowed
Peace Patriot
Aug 2014
#56
I am not talking about the biological cross breeding through biological invito or standard
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
#66
How about this ~ stop rendering food producing areas infertile, and improve the waste factor?
Zorra
Aug 2014
#91
I agree completely I just hope we proceed with caution and transparency as you say...
Drew Richards
Aug 2014
#78