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NancyLebovitz comments on Should I be afraid of GMOs? - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Pavitra 19 May 2011 01:29AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 May 2011 04:34:12PM 4 points [-]

Hypothesis here: if you engineer plants to optimize for maximum good-looking yield, there might be some loss on nutrients.

Comment author: rysade 21 May 2011 01:35:01AM 0 points [-]

That was how I rationalized it. I'm really not sure about my last paragraph up there, I just felt it needed to be said in case it contributed meaningfully to the discussion.

Rest assured I will be doing more exhaustive fact checking in the future.