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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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Tue Aug 1, 2017, 02:59 PM Aug 2017

This is the sort of "arguments" the anti-GMO side uses... [View all]



Interviewer: Critics say, with genetically modified food we could end hunger. We could feed billions of people that we currently are not. What do you respond to that?

Hippie #1: Uhh, yeah, we could feed billions of people, but they might grow four eyes, you know? I mean YOU DON'T KNOOOW, you can't play with nature!

Hippie #2: What kind of people would they be? What kind of people would we be creating, you know? You are what you eat!

Penn Jillette: ...Well, I guess she eats: shallow, hateful, self-centered bullshit! We can't imagine how, but somehow these folks have forgotten that most people don't have the option of hopping on down to the Piggly-Wiggly and bonding with the produce. When the whole world has plenty of food, we'd love to hear this asshole's advice. But we're certainly not going to mistake it for information.

—Penn & Teller: Bullshit
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