tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post1248169934640645242..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Science today - an easy way to lie to the publicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-25842716409498762452008-07-17T21:37:00.000-04:002008-07-17T21:37:00.000-04:00Bruce said: "I remain a little mystified about wha...Bruce said: "I remain a little mystified about what the relation between Genetic Modification and scientific study of endocrine disruption might be and moreover what your position is on the issue. ..."<BR/><BR/>Apologies if my post was a little vague for some readers. My position on both genetic modification and pesticides is the same for ALL fields of science. There has been a catastrophic decline in the quality of science being practiced across the globe and especially in all areas that are linked to profit-making and cost-savings. Economics is, of course, included.<BR/><BR/>A look at the context of this change makes me even more alarmed. The technologies employed are now so much more powerful and prone to catastrophic incidents. Government, as an institution, has declined to little more than a puppet regime for large vested interests. The mass of people face a media that provides a charicature of a world that never existed and never will; no warnings in sight of what is likely to come.Myrtle Blackwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427043367624101075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-77391044512710279682008-07-17T17:32:00.000-04:002008-07-17T17:32:00.000-04:00Brenda if you get a minute can you give us a littl...Brenda if you get a minute can you give us a little background. By following the footnote I confirm what I suspected that 'GM' is Genetic Modification (the confusion is that GM the car company's stock is all over the US financial news). And I am in total accord with the general point that industry scientists and engineers and even academics taking their grants can and do produce results in line with the desires of their employer/grantor, and from my 20 seconds of research via your footnotes strongly suspect I would put this guy Avery in that category.<BR/><BR/>But I have to say I remain a little mystified about what the relation between Genetic Modification and scientific study of endocrine disruption might be and moreover what your position is on the issue. The fact that certain pesticides might serve to disrupte endocrine levels at the glanduler and perhaps at the genetic level would not seem to bear directly on deliberate genetic modification. I can see possible paths where such lines could be drawn, but being even less of a biochemist than I am an economist would appreciate you helping me out by telling us where you personally see that line.Bruce Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222670342780912788noreply@blogger.com