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by splawn 11y ago
herbicides: http://www.agbioforum.org/v15n3/v15n3a01-fernandez-cornejo.h... pesticides: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....
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by splawn 11y ago
How is that evidence that GMO's are toxic? It doesn't mention GMO's at all. I guess I am supposed to just speculate? "connect the dots" as Jesse Ventura would say? Edit: I gave you an upvote tho, because you did go
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by splawn 11y ago
A rise in gluten allergies? This is news to me. Is there anything published that you can cite?
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by splawn 11y ago
<"Inefficient? Yes. Unsustainable? No way." What about scaling issues? <"We've been farming the old-fashioned way for thousands of years with exponential increases in population" Almost, but not exactly true.
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by splawn 11y ago
I see it as unsustainable because it doesn't scale and the results don't produce any actual benefit. I see it in the same light as a golf course... a huge waste of resources so that someone has something silly to throw away their
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by splawn 11y ago
I think golden rice has been around for at least 20 yrs now.[0] Also serious question, What evidence do we have for "toxic in very subtle ways"? I wasn't aware that this actually exists. [0] http://www.goldenrice.o
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by splawn 11y ago
Its just like "I don't swim because of sharks"... You are going to get a list of fears that are perfectly understandable, yet irrational due to lack of evidence. Its a shame because of the huge potential GMO's have to po
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by splawn 11y ago
If done accurately it means that the food is produced using the most unsustainable and inefficient ways possible so that only the most privileged can partake. Other than that its just marketing that is targeting people that either want to
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by splawn 11y ago
Typical conspiracy theory silliness. They point out how unlikely it is that X happened then replace the events leading up to X with something even more unlikely. Bleh...
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by splawn 11y ago
Perhaps... the left has its anti-science bugaboos as well though.
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by splawn 11y ago
is there a science party?
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by splawn 11y ago
Yes, and I hope people read the study better than you did. It highlights how that list of false positives you listed is due to lack of controls in their trials.
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by splawn 11y ago
I did say it had a placebo effect and yes placebos are "effective for particular problems". Other than that the science isn't as solid as you seem to think it is.. the same is true of chiropractic "medicine", homeop
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by splawn 11y ago
Idk about bloodletting, but Acupuncture and most if not all of TCM in general is frowned upon not because it lacks modern theory on why it works. These things are frowned upon because evidence suggests its all placebo effect and not medicin
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by splawn 11y ago
I just googled on bing that my band-aid is an adhesive bandage.
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Taikyoku shogi(en.wikipedia.org)
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by splawn 11y ago
I know you are, but what am I?
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by splawn 11y ago
I think they are referring to irony found in some of the reactions to the article not the article content. I have never really thought about personal space being a fear response before. I always just thought I hated other people breathing
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by splawn 11y ago
Kids at school begging me to join their Usurper team is what brought me in to BBSs. :)
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by splawn 11y ago
The only way we can know is to explore it scientifically and without bias, accepting the accounts from those participating "as if" true and then working backwards systematically towards a theory or direction. DMT is weird fun an
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by splawn 11y ago
I love YIFY as well as buying Criteron. My advice is don't bother with Kurosawa, I think Wreck-It Ralph is probably more your speed. Just an well-meaning, honest guess.
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by splawn 11y ago
I did the same. I understand being anti-smoking because cancer, but this whole anti-vaping movement seems way misguided. I mean sure, if over time we figure out that certain flavorings should be avoided, fine, ban their use. However, don&#x
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by splawn 11y ago
The FDA ban that they are trying to push through grandfathers in tobacco companies, so if they can generate enough scare and the ban succeeds they will make a TON of money.
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by splawn 11y ago
I can't speak for anyone else, but I know that if I don't drive into a brick wall as soon as I wake up in the morning I can get reeeeally cranky. After a few hours of not driving into a wall I have problems thinking straight and I
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by splawn 11y ago
exactly! pssh science, what good is it? /s
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by splawn 11y ago
You are correct. My point is that at least its more accurate than the labels and categories I already apply. Idk if removing words from our vocabulary would actually help with bias and other cognitive self-deceptions, its an interesting tho
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by splawn 11y ago
This is my first encounter with it as well, but I think its a wonderful label because it accurately describes an attitude towards biotech that I find many people have in a succinct elegant way. I always found calling that group simply &quot
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by splawn 11y ago
Our tax money is helping students get an education. Don't you mean some students get an education? They openly discriminate. As far as the quality of the "education" goes. I will tentatively give you liberal arts, why not
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by splawn 11y ago
Oklahoma Wesleyan raked in $12.6 million in federal student loans and grants in 2013-14. In other words, your tax money is helping students attend a college that not only discriminates against legally married gay students, but also forbids
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by splawn 11y ago
My apologies.. I lumped "god-driven evolution" in with creationism. Where I live most christians don't accept evolution and I forget that in other parts of the world there can be more nuisance. I have never actually heard tha

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