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Sometimes, you'll hear something being judged by how natural it is. Many new agers will tell you that the best things are natural. They may suggest a return to organic foods and natural medicine.
The problem with this argument is that there are plenty of stuff that's natural which isn't good for you and vice versa. There are various chemicals in vaccines and medicine that we take. The thing worth noting about them is that all of the various ingredients are in a controlled amount. Plant-based medicine can vary a bit and usually has multiple active chemicals, making effects less predictable. There are plenty of stuff that's completely natural which can be quite deadly. Many animals such as jellyfish and pufferfish have toxins within their body which can make eating them fatal. There are also various mushrooms which are poisonous. We need sunlight as a source of vitamin D but too much of it can cause sunburn and even skin cancer.
This also falls into arguments that gene editing and cloning are wrong because it's "playing God". Such arguments leave out the fact that humans have been selectively breeding crops and dogs for thousands of years and that genetically modifying crops is simply taking a shortcut. For some reason, this is only applied to organic material like plants, animals, and humans and not building material.
The problem with this argument is that there are plenty of stuff that's natural which isn't good for you and vice versa. There are various chemicals in vaccines and medicine that we take. The thing worth noting about them is that all of the various ingredients are in a controlled amount. Plant-based medicine can vary a bit and usually has multiple active chemicals, making effects less predictable. There are plenty of stuff that's completely natural which can be quite deadly. Many animals such as jellyfish and pufferfish have toxins within their body which can make eating them fatal. There are also various mushrooms which are poisonous. We need sunlight as a source of vitamin D but too much of it can cause sunburn and even skin cancer.
This also falls into arguments that gene editing and cloning are wrong because it's "playing God". Such arguments leave out the fact that humans have been selectively breeding crops and dogs for thousands of years and that genetically modifying crops is simply taking a shortcut. For some reason, this is only applied to organic material like plants, animals, and humans and not building material.