I feel like any company who wants to sell genetically modified seeds should have to ship a computer OS with _literally zero bugs_ first.
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori Does that include old-fashioned cross breeding/hybrids too? GMOs aren't written from scratch the way software is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @taradinoc
@taradinoc Cross-breeding is not nearly as dangerous because of the drastically reduced scope of possible short-term outcomes.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori Randomly combining a shotgun blast of genes is *more* predictable than selectively combining individual genes?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @taradinoc
@taradinoc Yes, because the species _have to be able to mate in the first place_. Modern GMO crosses organisms that could not have bred.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@taradinoc The possibility space for GMO is infinitely larger than that of cross-breeding.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori I don't think so. Combining *all* genes from 2 individuals vs. all from 1 and *one* from the other: 2**N > N+M.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @taradinoc
@taradinoc GMOs can use any number of genes from any number of organisms. There's no law saying they can only pick 1 gene from 1 organism.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@taradinoc Plus, GMOs can reorder or insert anywhere, whereas cross-breeding can't. GMOs are strictly a superset.
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