[aspectmin]

>Whenever this topic comes up on HN it strikes me as bizarre that anyone thinks they can genetically modify a bacteria, release it into the wild - and that it'll stay genetically modified?

Hubris?

I'm all for progress and innovation. We need to couch such progress through the lens of thinking through the potential impacts of such progress though.

[somenameforme]

$$$ is a much easier explanation. People selling things that they know won't work in the way they claim is as old as time. Never attribute to incompetence that which can be attributed to malice, when it involves earning a ton of money.