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Well, not all arguments against GMOs are stories. I'm thinking specifically of Taleb's argument: http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pp2.pdf http://www.fooledbyra
by rguzman 11y ago
Well, not all arguments against GMOs are stories. I'm thinking specifically of Taleb's argument: http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pp2.pdf http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/pp2.pdf
- jrkelly 11y agoNice recent post on the "mathiness" of Taleb's paper: http://www.inexactchange.org/blog/2015/07/24/the-mathiness-of-nassim-nicholas-taleb/ http://www.inexactchange.org/blog/2015/07/24/the-mathiness-o... Best resource on GMOs remains this Grist series: http://grist.org/series/panic-free-gmos/ http://grist.org/series/panic-free-gmos/
- dylanjermiah 11y agoTaleb makes the classic mistake of an intellectual. Misapplying his field of expertise into another.
- jessaustin 11y agoSometimes it seems that sort of misapplication is his field of expertise. I say this having read and enjoyed three of his books. b^)
- nextos 11y agoI think he's not totally wrong. We're just starting to understand gene transfer among bacteria, which is very real. GMOs might open the door to some very unlikely but potentially devastating events.