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2016: NNT warns about tail risks of GMOs https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/770966228965916672?s=20 https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/770966228965916672?s=20
by MrBuddyCasino 6y ago
2016: NNT warns about tail risks of GMOs https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/770966228965916672?s=20 https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/770966228965916672?s=20
2019: As predicted, the Genetically Modified Mosquito project has gone wrong with "unforeseen outcomes" https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1172864041016090624?s=20 https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1172864041016090624?s=20
Sadly this won't stop until there is a Chernobyl-level accident.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoWasn't that retracted? It was speculation, not science. And in fact it didn't happen.
- khaki54 6y agoYes of course it was retracted. The basis was "you just increased genetic diversity and therefore increased the strength of the population"
- MrBuddyCasino 6y agoInteresting, there was indeed an update: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62398-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62398-w