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In reply to the discussion: MoJo: What Did Monsanto Show Bill Nye to Make Him Fall "in Love" With GMOs? [View all]ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)I'm not a molecular biologist either. I actually am a scientist with multiple advanced degrees. (OK, so one of them is an MBA.)
I would think my opinion is as valid as most to listen to, EXCEPT that of a fully qualified expert.
Now, if i'm doing a conversation on climate change and i start blaming unicorns for it, you would have a perfectly reasonable cause to dismiss my opinion out of hand.
But, if i have an opinion of GMO's and it doesn't exactly suit you, but it is based upon a fundamental understanding of science, how to analyze data properly, and draw meaingful conclusions from the information, it should be ignored just because i'm not a molecular biologist and that i'm not famous.
Seems a slippery slope to "nobody gets to have an opinion, except in their own narrow field of expertise."