Science and its discontents. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says last week's biotech conference mayhem highlights consumer power and industry PR issues. [CNET News.com]
This article would be good if it wasn't so bad... A choice quote: "A lot of the objections seem far-fetched. Biotechnology, after all, started in 6000 B.C. when Sumerians learned to brew beer with yeast. Genetically modified foods have been studied since the 19th century with Gregor Mendel. So far, the main problem with genetically modified foods, like tomatoes, is that they taste terrible.'
To call "brewing beer" "botechnology" and Mendel's simple experiments "Genetically modified foods studies" is akin to say car racing started with horse racing, yes, there is a relationship, but, no it isn't the same thing. Science has a lot of discontents but it isn't easy to lump them all in one sack. A lot of people, including the best scientific minds, have call for an ethical view of science, where things aren't done just because they can be done, but because the benefits clearly outweighs the problems it could cause. The fact that it isn't hard to predict it, is a feeble excuse. You have to think hard and avoid what could potentially maybe cause destruction and suffering.
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