I hear you man. I still remember the nestle infant formula fiasco. Some people should have gotten the chair for that one. No one did though.
It's always, "Were juuuuust editing a couple genes here. Why do you idiots hate science?" Meanwhile, their higher-IQed classmates can't go two weeks without breaking the frigging build.
Unfortunately, this is a tech board, and Lamettrieism runs wild.