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In reply to the discussion: U.S. GMO food labeling bill passes Senate [View all]FighttheFuture
(1,313 posts)55. You said it, althoughh unwittingly...
Somehow climate scientists happen mostly to be incorruptible good guys, but scientists doing GMO research are mostly shills for hire?
Climate scientists, which happen to be ~99% in agreement on what is happening and its causes, is not necessary incorruptible. However, where is the advantage of pushing for it except to follow the truth as any good scientist should. It's certainly not for fame, money or fortune. In fact, it can often be the opposite, where they are denied grants, ridiculed, etc. by the industries their warnings most affect. You understand these are still very powerful industries that have twisted basic science to their own ends.
As far ad GMO research, I do not know what percent are shills, but there are certainly a number of them. It is nowhere near the agreement of Climate Scientists on the safety of these genetic alters organisism. Why is that? Could it be research is still on going and more voices are raising alarms? How about the money involved in controlling the basic necessities of life, i.e., FOOD and it PRODUCTION?!
So you attempting to conflate climate scientists' motivations to GMO researchers is a very weak, and somewhat disingenuous point. You ignore what is still occurring and what is behind them. Only fools would claim they fully understand the changes they have made to the machinery in nature and its ramifications.
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Science is not as "pure" as you think. While the idea sounds nice, the reality is often nowhere
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#19
Time has everything to do with it. We are making geneitc changes that would not occur in nature,
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#54
How is GMO scaremongering more scientific than Republican climate change denial?
Silent3
Jul 2016
#34
You're answering a different concern than the one that's typically expressed...
Silent3
Jul 2016
#89
Monsanto’s GMO Feed Creates Horrific Physical Ailments in Animals...
IthinkThereforeIAM
Jul 2016
#28
Yet your fine with claiming that Monsanto is entirely objective? Really?!
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#59
Then get some of your science friends to peer review it and stop whining that it is not!!!
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#58
thanks for this post. While peer review and repeatable results are very important, they are
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#84
Exactly. It is really not needed at this point in our society. So, why have it, except for
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#60
Modification by nature in response to adaptation is NOT the same as modification by humans.
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#18
Ah, the "tree of life" everything its the same as everything else ploy. Oh dear!!
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#61
Spare me the faux outrage. I don't wish you to die, I just wish to understand the ridiculousness of
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#83
And you, being the final word on all things "Science" here, would know not to! In the meantime,
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#95
I understand. When you can't take the heat for being called out, time to skedaddle.
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#97
oh baloney. We are not talking a single base pair. Mutations of the type that happens with GMO
newthinking
Jul 2016
#35
Calling me a liar rather than debating just makes you look like a fool. Not to mention TOS here.
newthinking
Jul 2016
#44
Tell him to try the hemlock experiment (#61); he thinks its all the same with his "Tree of Life"
FighttheFuture
Jul 2016
#85
OK, how about this, is there any evidence for your claims? Or is that also hidden...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#73
i won't do your research for you.there is plenty out there about gmos infecting other
OrwellwasRight
Jul 2016
#75
"The U.S. is the world's largest market for foods made with genetically altered ingredients."
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2016
#2
This is a terrible bill because it requires access to QR Code with a SmartPhone
Equinox Moon
Jul 2016
#6
and you'd have to scan every single item you put in your basket to avoid GMOs
OrwellwasRight
Jul 2016
#57
Center for Food Safety (CFS) Condemns Senate Vote on GMO Non-Labeling Bill
proverbialwisdom
Jul 2016
#10
I don't want to have to pull out my phone in the middle of grocery shopping. NT
Eric J in MN
Jul 2016
#62
Of all the major issues facing us, why are so many people so concerned about magic DNA?
cpwm17
Jul 2016
#65
I'll be honest and say I kinda like debunking obviously wrong information, but it does get tiring...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#74