Why is the public opposed to genetic modification?

Transgenic technology has been around for many years, and people will oppose the emergence of new things. In the long history, there are many such cases. For example, in the late Qing Dynasty, westerners took photos with spotlights, and it was widely rumored that they were afraid of taking photos because they hooked people's souls. Building a railway will be considered that the billowing smoke from the train will destroy the geomantic Long Mai. How to prove these things, logically speaking, is not easy to prove, just like the sun comes out after the rooster crows. This question can be conservatively verified 1000, but if someone insists that the rooster crows too hard, you can't prove it.

I think for most people who oppose genetic modification, the root lies in the fear of the unknown, and the protection comes from their own caution, which is human nature. The reason why man can stand out from all sentient beings in history is not because of his strength or sharp teeth, but because he has developed wisdom. Wisdom itself begins with the exploration of the unknown. Curiosity and caution about the unknown are deeply engraved in our genes. If you are not curious about the unknown, you can't develop your intelligence. If you are not careful, the possibility of going astray will greatly increase.

When the camera was first introduced to China, people worried whether it would take away the soul. Now it seems that this is a joke, but at that time, it was a kind of caution about the unknown, and the fear of trains and railways destroying Long Mai was also out of caution about the unknown, which is understandable. Back to food safety, puffer fish is poisonous, but it is known that some people "eat puffer fish to death"; Smoking is harmful to health, but only non-smokers will pay attention to these words on the cigarette case; Most additives are highly toxic, but people don't know them, so they are afraid to avoid using them. This is also due to the unknown fear, which is understandable.

In the long river of history, technological progress is not based on will thinking or smearing. At the beginning of the emergence of alternating current, Edison, a famous inventor, demonstrated that animals were electrocuted by alternating current, and even elephants were electrocuted in parks, telling the public that alternating current was terrible, but because of Edison's obstruction, alternating current did not enter thousands of households. For any new thing, what we need is a scientific view of the problem, rather than blindly smearing it with crazy words.

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