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wervenyt  ·  3165 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Genetically modified rice makes more food, less greenhouse gas

From what I've seen in real life, fear of GMO being unhealthy/carcinogenic is the largest amongst the uneducated.

wervenyt  ·  3165 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Genetically modified rice makes more food, less greenhouse gas

I was more talking about the ignorance-based view of them as unhealthy, rather than the founded fears of ecological invasion and the (fairly) minor risk for allergens.

wervenyt  ·  3165 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Genetically modified rice makes more food, less greenhouse gas

I really hope headlines like this will help to counter all of the anti-GMO writing in media. I don't think Mansanto nor its kin should be praised, but GMO in an of itself is not to blame. Sure, there are worries about the ecological concerns, but those concerns are separate from the general "GMO is bad for you!" rhetoric.

wervenyt  ·  3166 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Will you be upgrading to Windows 10 on Wednesday?

Agreed. I'm also worried about the pushed updates. I like to make sure I know exactly what goes on my computer, so the idea that any update, whether called a security fix or not, could be pushed onto my computer without my direct consent is frustrating to say the least. I'll stick with Windows 7 and wait for the money to shell out for a better computer, so I can run 10 in a virtual machine on a Linux host.