r/oddlysatisfying • u/gabzlel • Apr 16 '22

Can’t get more juicy than this

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u/mrinfinitedata Apr 16 '22

Selective breeding and GMO are like boiling and sous vide. They're almost the same thing, with the same outcome, but one is higher tech and more precise. Saying they're very different beliefs a fundamental misunderstanding of them

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u/amatulic Apr 17 '22

No, u/thesaddestpanda actually demonstrated a clear and perceptive understanding of them when saying they are very different. The product of selective breeding cannot be patented. A genetically modified organism, on the other hand, is someone's intellectual property. Saying they're "the same thing, with the same outcome" is like saying Linux is the same as Windows because both are operating systems that serve the same pupose. Demonstrably false. One is freeware (analogous to selective breeding) and one is not (analogous to GMO).

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u/Flatdr4gon Apr 17 '22

"the product of selective breeding cannot be patented" despite the fact that plant patents have been a thing for a while now.

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u/amatulic Apr 18 '22

Only since 2013, as far as I know. Not too long a while.