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Tenoke on March 26, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

There's always unknown unknowns and by now those have been reduced significantly for GMOs. Any reason to think the risk in this case might be higher than the benefits? Are you sure you are not overestimating the unknown unknown risk just because GMO sounds scary?

rocqua on March 26, 2022 [–]

Unknown unkowns are much more dangerous in any revolutionary change. Because previous experience is much less useful in a revolutionary change.

GMO, with its large increase in potential interventions, is quite revolutionary.

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