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DeSwiss

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19. Excellent.

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 2, 2014, 03:06 AM

Aug 2014

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on GMO food! [View all] Playinghardball Aug 2014 OP

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025314954 djean111 Aug 2014 #1

! DeSwiss Aug 2014 #2

An example of a brilliant scientist getting things very wrong when venturing outside his area of hedgehog Aug 2014 #7

I recall both incidents. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #15

Thanks for the quick and effective counter! dougolat Aug 2014 #8

De nada. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #16

+1 mmonk Aug 2014 #9

Seralini? And all the other usual anti-GMO hacks? HuckleB Aug 2014 #42

I'm fine with eating genetically modified food... except paulkienitz Aug 2014 #3

Fine, then at minimum they should be required to label it. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #18

My admiration of Tyson just went down a notch. How can he A Simple Game Aug 2014 #4

+1 FiggyJay Aug 2014 #10

+1000 DeSwiss Aug 2014 #17

"So shut up and eat your frickin mutant chili." Bill Maher mother earth Aug 2014 #5

I think Dr. Tyson is being disingenuous by suggesting that using artificial selection among the hedgehog Aug 2014 #6

Very well said. nt freedom fighter jh Aug 2014 #11

Not to mention PatSeg Aug 2014 #13

Excellent. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #19

Fantastic post! drokhole Aug 2014 #27

What an ASS CrawlingChaos Aug 2014 #12

I watched all of the Cosmos series PatSeg Aug 2014 #14

Same here. drokhole Aug 2014 #28

Excellent. DeSwiss Aug 2014 #20

If you like fiction-based fear mongering, it is excellent. HuckleB Aug 2014 #33

Well that was one of the most ridiculous, shamelessly transparent hit pieces I've ever seen CrawlingChaos Aug 2014 #35

Hogwash. HuckleB Aug 2014 #37

Shiva is a scam artist. HuckleB Aug 2014 #32

I understand why it's necessary for interested parties to paint her as one CrawlingChaos Aug 2014 #36

She is one. HuckleB Aug 2014 #38

You have not posted anything substantive or remotely credible CrawlingChaos Aug 2014 #39

Actually, I have... HuckleB Aug 2014 #40

Oh and BTW..... DeSwiss Aug 2014 #21

So are there any GMO's you think are okay or you are simply against all of them no matter what? Quixote1818 Aug 2014 #25

This is precisely why LABELING GMOs is being requested. djean111 Aug 2014 #26

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO START BY ASKING WHY GMO FOODS EXIST drynberg Aug 2014 #22

I woke up at 3Am thinking about this - hedgehog Aug 2014 #23

I hope albino65 Aug 2014 #24

Like this? DeSwiss Aug 2014 #30

Exactly n/t albino65 Aug 2014 #31

Bookmarked swilton Aug 2014 #29

It's good to see scientists stand up for science against mindless fear mongering. HuckleB Aug 2014 #34

I admire Tyson and use his quotes on occasion. However, in this endeavor, he is out of his field, mmonk Aug 2014 #41

He's right, and he knows how science works. HuckleB Aug 2014 #43