Re:Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for ...
by wnevets on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:16PM
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Yeah I was really hoping for more, this is kind of a joke. For example at one point Nye was very anti-GMOs despite the science and ignoring the science is worthy of such a headline.
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Re:Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for ...
by dogma1138 on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @02:16PM
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He wasn’t anti GMO he was saying that transgenics needs more study which might be correct.
We can’t feed the world without GMOs but splicing genes from cuttlefish into tomatoes to make them produce a specific protein might have some consequences down the line we aren’t aware of yet.
Re:Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for ...
by wnevets on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @04:38PM
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he specifically mentions GMOs
https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2016/10/why_bill_nye_c...
Re:Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for ...
by dogma1138 on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @06:14PM
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Not exactly the anti-GMO crowd pretty much muddled the distinction between Transgenics and GMOs.
On more “scientific” forums including popular science like Star Talk Nye always explained that it was Transgenics that he had concerns about and using GMOs when talking to a crowd which already decided that GMOs only applies to cucumbers which were spliced with chicken DNA was pretty much the only way to go.