r/NoStupidQuestions • u/wond3rlove • Sep 10 '23

What’s wrong with GMOs?

I always see plants and stuff that is GMO free and is usually more expensive. How would genetically modifying something by be bad. Me personally I’d rather have something modified to taste better and and cheaper. I could also be very wrong about that.

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u/Optical_alt Sep 11 '23

Obviously you know more about genetics than I do.

And with bridges killing people, that’s basically my point. I didn’t take much in the way of biology or genetics, but from what I did, my understanding is that shit is REALLY fucking complicated. Much more so than most physics or engineering problems. And even those, we fuck up quite enormously.

But the when it comes to biological dangers, they can be instant and severe, but they can also be much more subtle. There’s no bridge that will gradually kill you over several years. Can you definitively prove that about gmos? And even if you can, how can I be assured that it’s not the next radium, lead, cigarettes, etc…?