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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson Tells GMO Critics to "Chill Out" [View all]ag_dude
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and Dr. Tyson is welcome to eat all the GMO, insecticide-laden food he wants
magical thyme
Jul 2014
#1
Exacttly, magical thyme.. no one is "infallible". I've been eating organic food for
Cha
Jul 2014
#18
It's not hypocritical; the link below describes the difference between organic farmers' use ...
Maat
Jul 2014
#126
Cherry picking, and failing to see the full consensus leads to wrong conclusions.
HuckleB
Aug 2014
#237
looking at the entire 1st page of studies returned by google is hardly cherry picking
magical thyme
Aug 2014
#239
People actually working on GMOs think that's a pretty huge distinction, but they're not celebrities
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#154
Eh...so if the "difference is large" then saying they are the same might be, I dunno, incorrect?
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#157
Except the people who work with GMOs say they do so because they can't get the same end products
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#163
Which is why “selective breeding=GMO” is as idiotic as saying “selective breeding=invasive species"
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#166
Sigh…how do you think those invasive species came about? Hand planted by god?
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#178
Differences between organism are largely the result of selective breeding. You've already stated
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#187
Occams's razor says trust pop scientists commenting on an unrelated field rather than people working
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#156
Oh, sorry. You were discussing his paper on the possibilities of gas-rich dwarf galaxies in the
Chathamization
Aug 2014
#161
That's the claim; one could also claim that professional wrestling promotes interest in exercise.N/T
Chathamization
Jul 2014
#29
Yes. Unsubstantiated claims supporting stuff I like are nothing like unsubstantiated claims
Chathamization
Jul 2014
#49
The unfounded fear is that a "GMO" is more dangerous than a "traditional" hybrid. (nt)
jeff47
Jul 2014
#65
So lateral transfer has or has not been observed in multicellular organisms?
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2014
#115
Anti-GMO and Anti-Vaccination woo is the Left's climate change denial and creationism.
DemocraticWing
Jul 2014
#11
I'm more concerned about the unintended consequences of introducing GMOs to the environment.
MohRokTah
Jul 2014
#72
I believe the distinction you're missing is that "feral" does not equal "wild..."
mike_c
Jul 2014
#35
one either respects and embraces science or one rejects it out of hand, preferring ignorance....
mike_c
Jul 2014
#34
so what do you call ignoring the reasoned, professional judgement of the majority...
mike_c
Jul 2014
#52
I would like the DUers who have a family member or friend who has been killed by GMO products
Nye Bevan
Jul 2014
#46
There's a difference between hybridization and round-up resistant soybeans.
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2014
#61
Kudzu is fine. Human’s have been introducing “invasive species” for thousands of years. There’s no
Chathamization
Jul 2014
#63
Introduced species upset the ecological balance in a region, denying that is anti-science.
MohRokTah
Jul 2014
#69
Poe’s law. Not surprising, given the pseudo-science being spread by the pro-GMO crowd.N/T
Chathamization
Jul 2014
#82
1) to my knowledge, humans didn't traditionally hybridize corn by breeding with cyanobacteria.
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2014
#96
We are at the stage of genetic science where drugs were at the time of thalidomide.
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2014
#110
please explain why phylogenetic distance has any relevance to the moral issue....
mike_c
Jul 2014
#79
just about every major scientific and medical organization HAS said that GMOs are safe...
mike_c
Jul 2014
#90
actually, round up resistance more than likely WAS obtained by selective breeding....
mike_c
Jul 2014
#97
Splicing the DNA from petri dish grown cyanobacteria onto soybean DNA is just like...
lumberjack_jeff
Jul 2014
#106
I do have only one issue with his argument, traditional hybrids can't be patented...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2014
#94
I think he just crawled under the bus and some here want to drag him back into the light of day
FiveGoodMen
Aug 2014
#226