Long ago, cornfields were just a swirling chaos.
Then came chemical and agricultural companies: Calgene, Monsanto, Dow, and many others. They looked at the cornfields and knew that they could bring order to them. So, they found scientists and the scientists shot new genes into the DNA of the corn.
The corn grew strong and golden and pesticide-resistant. The companies were pleased with the corn. Many farmers bought the corn, and their fields stretched as far as the eye could see.
However, some people mistrusted the companies and the corn. They heard about a few mistakes that the companies had made and decided that everything the companies made must be bad. They ate only organic food. The sun set on the fields of golden corn.
The companies saw that these people had turned against them, so they sent out their public relations staff to convince people that all their products were good. Soon, instead of looking at each type of corn for its benefits and faults, the companies and the people fought back and forth over whether all were good or all were bad. The world fell into confusion and conflicting information ruled over the land.
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