onday, April 12, 2010 1:35 PM
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Subject: Re: Speaking of science: Michael Specter: The danger of science
denial
I'll have to give this a listen later but I have a quibble with
dismissing fears of "frankenfood" out of hand. I'm not inherently
against geneticall
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
> Oh shit, a parasite has hit bee
> colonies and they've collapsed and now your monoculture is fucked.
> Good thing we still have flies and beetles to pollinate. What, the
> variety of that plant that is pollinated by flies isn't grown anywhe
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote:
> Unfortunately we all have different definitions and ideas on whom or
> what should be thinned. I am sure that a vaccine conspiracist would
> have a very different set of thinning candidates than one of us I
> suspect.
Fortunately, mother n
Unfortunately we all have different definitions and ideas on whom or
what should be thinned. I am sure that a vaccine conspiracist would
have a very different set of thinning candidates than one of us I
suspect.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 a
How many people know that there have been deaths linked to GM foods? I
was in favor of more research, but I have re-considered my position
based on the risks. I think the GM food push is based on a desire for
easier profits, not for helping people.
Among the thousands of strains of staple crops t
There isn't anything inherently "unnatural" about genetic modification
of plants. There is evidence of transspecies genetic mixing out in the
wild and viruses seem to be one of the main candidates for moving
chunks of genome #1 into genome #2. Combine that with the natural
variation that occurs th
I feel that we could go far enough with just cross breeding. I don't see why
we need to modify our food on a genetic level. I understand that farming is
a for profit endeavour and it's getting harder and harder for farmers to
compete, but there's got to be a way to make natural farming profitable.
Mind you, I think that things like Bt have a lot of promise. I
strongly disagree with genetically engineer a plant to be resistant to
a brand of herbicide as Monsanto is doing with Roundup. On the other
hand, promoting naturally occurring resistance to pests that has
popped up in one species in an
I guess you're right, mostly. GM crops are primarily in the US. The
rice strains I was thinking of were modified the old fashioned way.
-Cameron
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
> Not really, no. Arguably the biggest contribution to increased yields
> and disease resisten
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>> Right now we don't have a massive food crisis on our planet.
>
> This is, in great part, due to genetically modified breeds of plants.
Not really, no. Arguably the biggest con
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Subject: Re: Speaking of science: Michael Specter: The danger of science
denial
> Humankind needs a little thinning of the herd.
+1 trillion
You couldn't
I don't agree with much of his talk, but it was worth listening to, and
definitely got me thinking about the topics.
I don't know that any of his examples are anti-science as much as they are
scared-and-untrusting-that-faceless-bureaucrats-have-our-interests-at-heart.
I think the thought, though
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
> Right now we don't have a massive food crisis on our planet.
This is, in great part, due to genetically modified breeds of plants.
-Cameron
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I'll have to give this a listen later but I have a quibble with
dismissing fears of "frankenfood" out of hand. I'm not inherently
against genetically modified foods. In some cases I think we'll see a
wonderful set of opportunities. However, it is an area in which a
little knowledge can be a danger
> Humankind needs a little thinning of the herd.
+1 trillion
You couldn't be more right.
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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Jerry Johnson wrote:
> Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point
> to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and
> reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human
> progress.
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