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  1. Jan 2020
    1. extensive testing is required to ensureecological stability.

      Conveniently it also is used to ensure people don't plant patented GMO plants without permission. Monsanto uses this kind of practice regularly. Look it up, its horrifying.

    2. There is some concern, however, that insects may evolve resistance to the Bt toxinin the same way that bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics

      You know insects eating poison would give them something to have in common with humans. As we ingest poison regularly and recreationally. (I've been told it's especially popular here at PSU).

    1. In the 1950s, Francis Crick and James Watson worked together at the University of Cambridge, England, to determinethe structure of DNA.

      There's actually a movie adaptation of this called "The Race for the Double Helix". Kind of like the imitation game for those who watch these kinds of movies.

    1. answering purely moral questions

      Couldn't you answer that kind of question within the preview of a specific ethical model? You could test or prove whether an action was moral from a utilitarian standpoint by figuring out what repercussions it had on people, for instance.