Comments on: Food Fridays: Cloned Food by the Numbers http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Presh Talwalkar Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:31:54 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/#comment-718 @Chris Chow--Good point about the irradiated food. I was reading something that people see risk as a simple equation: risk = hazard + control. We accept that the hazard of cloned foods and irradiated foods is low, but we feel bad to give up control. Same reason why people don't like flying but are fine with driving (both have the same per hour hazard, but driving gives a sense of control). @Chris Chow–Good point about the irradiated food. I was reading something that people see risk as a simple equation: risk = hazard + control. We accept that the hazard of cloned foods and irradiated foods is low, but we feel bad to give up control. Same reason why people don’t like flying but are fine with driving (both have the same per hour hazard, but driving gives a sense of control).

]]> By: chris chow http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-716 chris chow Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:33:36 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/#comment-716 It seems that much of the opposition to cloned food comes from fear of unintended consequences of consuming/raising/etc cloned plants or animals. There are some seeming parallels to why we don't see much irradiated food in supermarkets today. The FDA gave full approval for irradiation of products like ground beef, etc. It essentially takes your risk of eating rare hamburger down to the risk of eating rare juicy steak. Would I eat cloned food? Yes -- only if it were less expensive but of the same quality as non cloned food products. I honestly don't think i would pay extra for it -- but i *would* frankly be willing to pay extra for irradiated meat because it would let me prepare/eat things like steak tartare with much more peace of mind. It seems that much of the opposition to cloned food comes from fear of unintended consequences of consuming/raising/etc cloned plants or animals.

There are some seeming parallels to why we don’t see much irradiated food in supermarkets today. The FDA gave full approval for irradiation of products like ground beef, etc. It essentially takes your risk of eating rare hamburger down to the risk of eating rare juicy steak.

Would I eat cloned food? Yes — only if it were less expensive but of the same quality as non cloned food products. I honestly don’t think i would pay extra for it — but i *would* frankly be willing to pay extra for irradiated meat because it would let me prepare/eat things like steak tartare with much more peace of mind.

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Presh Talwalkar Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:38:49 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/#comment-713 The banana news is scary. Ironically, it seems our only hope is to genetically engineer a disease-resistant banana. The banana news is scary. Ironically, it seems our only hope is to genetically engineer a disease-resistant banana.

]]> By: RohoMech http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-710 RohoMech Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:26:27 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/01/18/food-fridays-cloned-food-by-the-numbers/#comment-710 Lose of biodiversity is a *Huge* risk, while not quite cloning, all "modern" bananas more or less come from very common ancestors: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0719-02.htm And some alarmists feel the world's population of bananas could easily be wiped out by a single threat. Lose of biodiversity is a *Huge* risk, while not quite cloning, all “modern” bananas more or less come from very common ancestors:

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0719-02.htm

And some alarmists feel the world’s population of bananas could easily be wiped out by a single threat.

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