RE: [pf] 50 Harmful Effects of Genetically Modified Foods

by David A

19 December 2000 15:22 UTC

Priscilla,

We all have to decide who we trust, and we all decide not to trust 
someone once we know they've given up a few half-truths or untruths. 

Alan McHughen is a molecular geneticist who has worked 20 yrs in the 
development of GMOs (linseed), someone who clearly knows the subject, 
someone who I've heard give a presentation and even talked a bit with 
over dinner, who's written a book that in my reading goes into great 
detail and takes great care to give cavaets and sympathies to those wary 
of GM foods. It's a good book and I highly recommend it.

Nathan B is...who? He doesn't give his credentials. He believes that 
science says that space is discrete and hence explodable. This is 
something I know something about from when I studied cosmology in 
graduate school, and it's just not true. His first two assertions are 
carefully refutted by McHughen, in detail. Since time is finite, I can't 
then consider him a credible source. 

Priscilla, why do you believe what he writes?

David

prichter1@aol.com wrote:
> David,
> 
> Having read many posts from you in the past couple of days, it appears 
> to me 
> that you don't believe in anyone's credibility unless they comply with 
> your 
> thinking.  I believe that it is possible to have some disagreement 
> without 
> throwing everything away from an author that one disagrees with .  I 
> would 
> find your arguments much more credible if you didn't engage in blanket 
> dismissal.
> 
> JMHO (just my humble observation), Priscilla