Neil deGrasse Tyson Tells GMO Critics to "Chill Out"

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26. I'm not much of a fan of him or science entertainers in general

I don't have much use for lies-to-children. If someone wants to learn about physics these days, there a wealth of accurate information available online (college lectures, free courses, discussions among physicists, etc.). I have no use for inaccurate information because it's dressed up in Star Trek references; science entertainment is to science what the Sunday talk shows are to politics.

Of course, the last time I said that here I was met by "are you a creationist?" and "he's got a PhD!"

On topic, what he's saying here doesn't make much sense (and yes, a physicist is no ecologist). I've never heard the "we've been doing it for thousands of years" argument used to convince people that we should be able to bring invasive species through customs unchecked, though that would be a much more natural place for it. Saying it's the same as other methods seems a bit misleading when GMO advocates say in the next breath that it's the only way we'll be able to get certain strains.