For those who read my article about Neil deGrasse Tyson’s comments to the anti-GMO forces to “chill out”, here’s a tweet from him from 18 months ago. He didn’t just think about this issue recently.
Most who fear genetically altered food are unaware that nearly all food has been genetically altered via artificial selection
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 15, 2013
Add this to the other world class scientist who thinks that artificial selection is no different than genetic engineering, since they both rely upon changes in genes. One’s random. One’s not.
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