“Using breeding methods that predate genetic modification, geneticists were unable to precisely control which genes were changed, which genes were turned on or turned off, and whether entirely new and unique genetic traits were created by accident. They simply looked for the characteristics relevant to their own interests, such as shorter height or greater yield, but had no real interest in nor insight into what the total package did to humans. “
Umm, hate to break this too you, but before humans started doing that, nature was doing the exact same thing to the wheat anyway. Selection is selection, whether we do, or whether nature does it. We simply get the job done faster, and can push it in a direction that suits out interests.
>>”precisely control which genes were changed”
What does “precisely control” mean; and how did folks go about effecting those precisely controlled changes before the genome of the target species had been mapped?
>>”Selection is selection”
Natural Selection is the process through which random genetic modifications impact the fitness of a species in a specific environmental context.
Random mutations are not manufactured via “precisely controlled” human technology.
Just how much of your food allotment did you spend on Pot and Beer in college anyhow?