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In reply to the discussion: 93% of Americans have glyphosate in their bodies - UC Cal [View all]NNadir
(36,357 posts)...often observed. The logical fallacy - and let's be clear that very few anti-GMO types are clear thinkers - to which you appeal is the "bandwagon fallacy."
Bad Thinking: Bandwagon Fallacy
Many countries fight wars, but the fact that they do so does not make war a wonderful or wise thing in which to participate.
The anti-GMO industry is an appeal to fear and ignorance that cause great human suffering.
The most prominent example of this ignorance is the blinding of children - none of whom are bourgeois scientific illiterates living in the first world - by denying access to "Golden Rice.
Scientists who are, unlike scare mongers, decent human beings are fighting back.
Golden Rice Project
Nevertheless the disrespect for science in cultures around the world are a formidable drain on what we can do for humanity.
This is the face of the effects of anti-GMO ignorance:
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Congratulations. I'm sure you're very proud of yourself for never having opened a science book in your life.
Unfortunately, the effects of your failure to do so aren't visited on you, but on those whose ability to afford such a luxury as deliberate ignorance is severely limited by poverty.
Have a nice week.
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