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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]booley
(3,855 posts)He does (or at least has in the past) taken the time to learn about other scientific fields and explain them to laymen. He teaches that science is accesable to anyone and everyone if they take the time to learn it.
Which makes him more then just "any other citizen" because of the influence he has.
And why if he can't explain for instance why he was wrong before to worry that adding novel organisms could have an effect on the environment, that's very not good.
I mean I could be wrong and maybe this isn't' as big a problem as I think.
But if I follow the evidence like NYE has always said to do, then yes GMOs have an effect not the ecology. Not all of it positive.
(hell I just found out even that "lower insecticide use" may not be true any more since insects have begun to adapt and that's caused farmers to
you guessed it.. use more insecticide.)
Sorry for the rant. Nye happens to be a personal hero of mine. It's sad to think there's even a possibility he sold out.