Imagine there was a documentary about a scientific topic for which there isknown widespread scientific consensus.
Imagine that the debate involvespolitics, industry, big money, scientific data, andyour childrens future.
Sounds a lot like climate change, doesnt it?
I see why people may be resistant to embracing them.
A little science will go a long way for that.
And thats just what this documentary provides.
This documentary has world renowned genetics researchers likeDr.
Alison Van Eenennaam, Ph.D.,andDr.
You want to hear from people just like you?
Did you want someone who fought against this tooth and nail and changed their mind?
Say hello toMark Goddamn Lynas.
And you wanted evidence from someone you’ve got the option to trust?
Is that Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson narrating the whole thing?
Hell yes it is.
Hes Neil Degrasse Tyson for goodness sake: DONT CONTRADICT THE MAN.
But science doesnt exist in a vacuum.
For that matter, science isnt really even a subject.
Ask a scientist, and the answer is a little different.
So no, science doesnt have all the answers.
Science is how you find the answers.
As our documentarys narrator so famously noted, science is true whether or not you believe in it.
Take your own advice and give GMOs the same chance already.
You owe it to yourself to find out you were wrong.
Yesand theyre tested up the wazoo.
The more land that has to be cleared for farming, the heavier its carbon footprint.
Youre sitting down, right?
Im going to pretend youre sitting down.
In a meta-analysis, GMOsreduce pesticide use by 37 percent.
I used to work as a chemist in a pesticide lab.
).Pesticidesare getting more and more targeted (translation: bad for weeds, safer for humans).
It would take me an entire article to address every single rumor that youve heard on Roundup.
Yep, Monsanto has a checkered past.
A lot of rumors about them are either insanely overblown or outright false.
(The farmer suicides in India?
Ditto suing farmers for having seeds blow into their fieldtotal myth.)
As an employer, Monsantoearned a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign.
Want to learn more about what goes on at their HQ (in Missouri!)?
Theyll give you a tour if you ask nicely.
If you had to guess how much of the seed supply Monsanto controls, how much would you guess?
Twenty-five, 50, maybe 90 percent?
Theyre responsible for about 5 percent of the global seed supply.
There are over 1,000 seed companies (genetic diversity win!
), and farmers are absolutely free to purchase from any of them that they choose.
So go watch it with an open mind.
And whatever your opinion, give it the chance to be wrong.
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