To: acapesket
Agreed. Risk expert Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of The Black Swan, and risk expert) makes the point
here.
27 posted on
04/02/2014 7:58:20 AM PDT by
slowhandluke
(It's hard to be cynical enough in this age.)
To: slowhandluke
What the...?
When you want sound science you turn to a statistician, hedge fund manager, and derivatives trader for the truth? Really?
When you have a scary looking and fast growing mole on your skin, do you go to your car mechanic for advice?
The stupid, it burns.
28 posted on
04/02/2014 11:28:54 AM PDT by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: slowhandluke
Lets say each GM seed thats produced holds a 0.1% chance of somehow, in the intricately interdependent web of nature leading to a catastrophic breakdown of the ecosystem that we rely on for life. All by itself, it doesnt seem too harmful, but with each new seed thats developed, the risk gets greater and greater.Seeds are mutating everyday in nature. That risk is unacceptable, we need to eliminate that risk.
Let's pave over the rain forest, to start, it's the only way to stay safe.
29 posted on
04/02/2014 12:52:49 PM PDT by
Toddsterpatriot
(Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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