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19. There are sometimes a scientist can actually know what he or she is talking about...

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 12:09 PM

Mar 2015

...outside their specialty.

Neil DeGrasse-Tyson is an astrophysicist, (I think he is,) and Bill Nye is an engineer.
And they are capable of relating a great deal of factual information on different sciences.

But when Linus Pauling, a nuclear physicist, tried his hand on nutrition, it was a disaster.

Likewise here with Jane Goodall, who studied chimpanzees, trying to sound like an authority on GMO's.

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I may have eaten some GMO food today [View all] Orrex Mar 2015 OP

You're already dead Renew Deal Mar 2015 #1

And it is indistinguishable from regular normal life. arcane1 Mar 2015 #2

Most think they're in hell Renew Deal Mar 2015 #3

Don't tell them! arcane1 Mar 2015 #8

What the heck is that "epigenetic" and "gene expression" stuff, anyway? Archae Mar 2015 #4

Loser. Orrex Mar 2015 #5

Say what? Archae Mar 2015 #6

Check your PM Orrex Mar 2015 #7

Yeah, along with "quantum" and "Big Pharma." Archae Mar 2015 #9

PS: HuckleB Mar 2015 #10

Love it! Orrex Mar 2015 #12

Both are legitimate scientific terms. drm604 Mar 2015 #13

What else is new? Archae Mar 2015 #14

Based on your quantum malfeasance Beearewhyain Mar 2015 #11

Eventually, you will turn into a GMO/Human hybrid. Liberal Veteran Mar 2015 #15

I blame Jane Goodall. Orrex Mar 2015 #16

She has lost all credibility. Archae Mar 2015 #17

She studies primates not GMO's right? LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #18

There are sometimes a scientist can actually know what he or she is talking about... Archae Mar 2015 #19

Funny that they ridicule Nye and DeGrasse-Tyson for daring to speak outside of their fields Orrex Mar 2015 #20

Just seems like the only time scientists talk outside their field LostOne4Ever Mar 2015 #21

Could you post a gluten-free version of this thread? Dr. Strange Mar 2015 #22