Rebuttal to Commentary of Prof Yilmaz

In his commentary on winning public and political regulatory support for safe agricultural products derived from biotechnology, Prof Yılmaz invokes Aesop's fable, posing a metaphorical pro-science tortoise racing against an anti-science hare, concluding that the role of the slow tortoise is the preferred one, as the chelonian, backed by science, plods along to ultimately win the race. If only life were a fairy tale. In countering Prof Yilmaz's conclusion, I'm happy to adopt his tortoise and hare metaphor in illustrating the problems the agbiotech communities, both private and public, industry and academic, encountered in real life.