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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson Tells GMO Critics to "Chill Out" [View all]mike_c
(36,281 posts)However, if it makes you feel better, the majority of the world's scientists who DO have advanced degrees in "biology, genetics, and healthcare" have reached the consensus about GMOs that Tyson describes. I am one of them, and it is my considered professional opinion that GMOs achieved through horizontal information transfer are not materially different from any other crop or domestic animal achieved through vertical transfer.
It really bothers me that so many on the left, supposedly critical thinkers, will so easily reject the broad scientific consensus that GMOS are safe and useful, in favor of anti-science hysteria propagated by cranks and charlatans. It precisely mirrors the right's rejection of climate change in spite of broad scientific consensus, and creationists' rejection of biological evolution despite abundant and clear evidence.