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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson on GMO food! [View all]Quixote1818
(29,169 posts)25. So are there any GMO's you think are okay or you are simply against all of them no matter what?
Because you come across as pretty close minded with severe tunnel vision. I do believe a lot of caution should be taken with GMO's with lots of testing but I also think a lot of good can be done with them. Evolution can occur in nature and in the lab, who is to say plants sprayed with roundup would not have naturally developed the same resistance as the GMO plants but over a longer period of time? Maybe even having the exact same chemical make up. If the mutation had happened naturally it's okay but when sped up by science it's not? Is that your reasoning? If so it's pretty faulty.
How many of those 1,700 studies have you actually read? You do realize they went through peer review don't you? Science can do good and bad, not just bad and there are a lot of dedicated scientists out there trying to save lives with GMO's who are having a hard time moving there work forward because the anti-GMO lobbying.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/the-curious-wavefunction/2013/09/06/scientific-american-comes-out-in-favor-of-gmos/
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An example of a brilliant scientist getting things very wrong when venturing outside his area of
hedgehog
Aug 2014
#7
I think Dr. Tyson is being disingenuous by suggesting that using artificial selection among the
hedgehog
Aug 2014
#6
Well that was one of the most ridiculous, shamelessly transparent hit pieces I've ever seen
CrawlingChaos
Aug 2014
#35
I understand why it's necessary for interested parties to paint her as one
CrawlingChaos
Aug 2014
#36
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
It's good to see scientists stand up for science against mindless fear mongering.
HuckleB
Aug 2014
#34