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In reply to the discussion: U.S. GMO food labeling bill passes Senate [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)Either you have the evidence or you do not. That's called peer review. It is how science knows what is true and what is not.
And here's the important part of all this. One has to be willing to give up all ones most cherished beliefs if the evidence comes out against them.
I abide by those principles. I will humbly admit that I was mistaken if there is sufficient evidence against my position.
My question then becomes simple. What amount of evidence would the anti-GMO crowd require?
Apparently no amount of evidence would convince them. That is pretty much the definition of an ideologically based position.
So my plea to them is simple. Put up or shut up. Show me the evidence and if it rises above the contrary evidence it will change my conclusions.
And, BTW, my fondest regards to you, too.
On edit: This is basic science. Biology 101. If there is a line of demarcation between what evolution, agricultural cross breeding, and what is now called genetic modification, life certainly does not recognize it. It is all genetic modification. And your genes, as with all other life on Earth, contain plenty of bacteria genes, and those of sponges, and trilobites, and fish, and just about any other life form that's ever lived on Earth. It's one tree of life.
Prove that wrong and you have an argument against GMO.
Again, my best to you.