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3. If it comes from a woo web site, it is woo.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 01:20 PM

Sep 2013

As you've no doubt noticed by now.

Did you know that the "Fatima" conference Ron Paul is going to give a keynote speech to, has people there who are geocentrists?
That's right, people convinced the "Heavens" rotate around the Earth, and "Galileo was wrong!"

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2013/9/4/114151/7809/Front_Page/Fatima_Center_Holocaust_Deniers_and_Geocentrists_

We laugh at these right-wing crackpots, in addition to creationists.

Yet those using the same M. O.'s, mostly guilt by accusation, are believed in absolutely, and *REAL* science gets thrown out in hysterical screeds by quacks, and other woo practitioners.

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Contrary to (popular?) belief, woo does exist. [View all] Archae Sep 2013 OP

Woo exists. But just because Monsanto doesn't like a scientific point of view pnwmom Sep 2013 #1

If it comes from a woo web site, it is woo. Archae Sep 2013 #3

YOU are using exactly the same tactic:guilt by association. pnwmom Sep 2013 #4

It does look like in this case Monsanto is censoring critical science. Archae Sep 2013 #7

These aren't woo scientists. pnwmom Sep 2013 #9

You have still practiced guilt by association. salib Mar 2015 #28

+1 villager Mar 2015 #27

nice job on that straw man Enrique Sep 2013 #2

Bat Boy is a fraud... Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #5

Greedo shot first n/t Scootaloo Mar 2015 #29

Woo is pervasive and very dangerous etherealtruth Sep 2013 #6

Do you know why there isn't enough scientific info? Because Monsanto and the other firms pnwmom Sep 2013 #10

I am aware and despise Monsanto etherealtruth Sep 2013 #11

I agree with you about woo. I disagree with the OP that people with concerns about GMO foods pnwmom Sep 2013 #14

There are three different types of people who oppose or are ambivalent... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #17

Were you aware that Monsanto and others were preventing independent researchers pnwmom Sep 2013 #18

Yes, and it seems to me that its related to how the legal system is inadequate... Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #19

I wouldn't say GMO's are evil. And I won't say they're safe, either. pnwmom Sep 2013 #20

I would say for some, safety has been demonstrated due to unofficial experiments Humanist_Activist Sep 2013 #22

These unofficial experiments are going on in a population pnwmom Sep 2013 #23

I made that same comment that I didn't think there was enough evidence yet to determine liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #16

There isn't enough research because the GMO producers don't allow independent researchers pnwmom Sep 2013 #21

Monsanto etherealtruth Sep 2013 #24

Woo proves that no matter intelligent or educated people are MicaelS Sep 2013 #8

Desperate people often make poor choices (regardless of intellect) etherealtruth Sep 2013 #12

In line with conventional wisdom, corporate bullshit for profit is neverending. nt Zorra Sep 2013 #13

You know what? nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #15

You can avoid whatever you want to avoid. HuckleB Mar 2015 #25

Welcome back. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #26