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MineralMan

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12. Life without chemicals is impossible.

Tue May 20, 2014, 01:29 PM

May 2014

Chemical reactions are the very stuff of life.

Understanding the metabolism of life isn't necessary for most people, but life is chemistry and chemical reactions

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Manmade Or Natural, Tasty Or Toxic, They're All Chemicals … By Dr. Mark Lorch [View all] HuckleB May 2014 OP

Yes, I love to remind people that they're eating a poisonous gas and metal that is so volatile Warpy May 2014 #1

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB May 2014 #2

But you forget they all have different vibrations intaglio May 2014 #3

That's interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing! HuckleB May 2014 #6

OK...everything is chemicals. It doesn't follow that chemically engineered foods are healthy. Romulox May 2014 #4

"Chemically engineered foods?" HuckleB May 2014 #5

That's a silly argument based on semantics. Eat cyanide instead of an apple, if you want. nt Romulox May 2014 #44

You're still not making any sense at all. HuckleB May 2014 #48

Nonsense. It's all chemicals. You must be a "chemophobe" (sic) to question such a plain fact. nt Romulox May 2014 #51

I get it. You're angry. HuckleB May 2014 #53

Crunch up enough apple seeds and eat them instead. hobbit709 May 2014 #55

What are "chemically engineered foods?" MineralMan May 2014 #11

Twinkiees :) Drew Richards May 2014 #23

Post removed Post removed May 2014 #43

Like those produced by photosynthesis? Oh wait, that's ALL food. Humanist_Activist May 2014 #25

Um, who is the "engineer" in photosynthesis? God??? Romulox May 2014 #42

Evolution by Natural Selection. Humanist_Activist May 2014 #57

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB May 2014 #59

I would say most of us know this. Arugula Latte May 2014 #7

Did the author make any such claim? HuckleB May 2014 #8

What's the big reveal here, though? We all know this. Arugula Latte May 2014 #9

No, we don't all know this. HuckleB May 2014 #10

Chemophobia KT2000 May 2014 #13

Actually, it's something people who care about science "made up." HuckleB May 2014 #14

No - KT2000 May 2014 #15

Please stop pretending. HuckleB May 2014 #36

I have seen chemophobia, taken to it's most absurd lengths. Archae May 2014 #16

what you saw KT2000 May 2014 #17

This thread is really about GMO's and Vermont's labeling law. closeupready May 2014 #31

No, it's not. HuckleB May 2014 #41

Life without chemicals is impossible. MineralMan May 2014 #12

Yes, but life without BROMIDES is quite possible. Try it some time. Romulox May 2014 #45

That's about as intellectually honest an argument as saying "Everything is made of atoms, so... scarletwoman May 2014 #18

This is about "safety" not "natural" mathematic May 2014 #19

It can be judged RobertEarl May 2014 #20

Saying "everything is chemicals" doesn't speak to safety even a teeny tiny bit. Zero. nt Romulox May 2014 #47

+100 n/t KT2000 May 2014 #21

That's the naturalistic fallacy, and just as foolish. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2014 #26

This isn't about being intellectually honest- it's about how a few DU'ers get off KittyWampus May 2014 #30

Exactly. nt laundry_queen May 2014 #35

It's about being pro science. HuckleB May 2014 #37

"A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids" DemocraticWing May 2014 #22

What happened to just saying "all natural"? reformist2 May 2014 #24

Its a meaningless phrase, what is natural and what isn't is not so clear cut... Humanist_Activist May 2014 #27

True that. The term was deliberately corrupted by corporations. AceAcme May 2014 #34

That's just another meaningless oversimplification Silent3 May 2014 #28

Yup Hemlock is natural. mucifer May 2014 #32

Very atomistic view of reality. So when anyone talks about "subconscious" KittyWampus May 2014 #29

That's a whole lot of nothing you wrote there. HuckleB May 2014 #39

pedantic much? Leme May 2014 #33

Why does the OP bother you? HuckleB May 2014 #38

It's very interesting to see so many replies by posters who don't want to recognize this. HuckleB May 2014 #40

B12 and cyanide are BOTH chemicals! Just take the rat poison, you chemophobe! Romulox May 2014 #46

Just because your only response is a bizarre red herring... HuckleB May 2014 #49

Your OP is a child's observation dressed up as profundity. nt Romulox May 2014 #50

Sorry, but it addresses something that happens frequently. HuckleB May 2014 #52

observation dressed up as profundity. nt Leme May 2014 #56

Dihydrogen monoxide is a necessity for life, but too much can be fatal. hobbit709 May 2014 #54

That's true, everything in moderation, except ricin. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2014 #58

Whatever you do...don't tell people they are made out of chemicals! Rex May 2014 #60