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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Jul 2013

    Essentialism hampers acceptance of beneficial GMOs - People think tomatoes w a gene from fish will taste fishy - http://nyti.ms/16bI3BW 

    7:10 AM - 28 Jul 2013
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      2. Lisa Hendrix‏ @LisaHendrix 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker I'm more concerned that a fish gene in a tomato will express whatever I'm allergic to in fish & make me ill. @Vilsjin @amy_harmon

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Jonas Vils‏ @Vilsjin 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @LisaHendrix

        @LisaHendrix That will be most unlikely http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/05/30/allergic-to-science-proteins-and-allergens-in-our-genetically-engineered-food/ … and http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/126/1/5.full … @sapinker @amy_harmon

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      4. Lisa Hendrix‏ @LisaHendrix 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @Vilsjin

        @Vilsjin A bite of fish—as little as a tsp of Worcestershire sauce—puts me in hospital. I need to know my food. @sapinker @amy_harmon

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      5. Jonas Vils‏ @Vilsjin 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @LisaHendrix

        @LisaHendrix Those proteins will hopefully never get transferred to any other organism. @sapinker @amy_harmon

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      6. Lisa Hendrix‏ @LisaHendrix 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @Vilsjin

        @Vilsjin @sapinker @amy_harmon Then there's possibility that Roundup sprayed on GMO Roundup Ready crops may do harm http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416 …

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      2. Erik Svensson‏ @EvolOdonata 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker More generally; we need evidence-based agriculture based on first principles of ecology and evolutionary biology

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      3. Dr Anastasia Bodnar‏ @geneticmaize 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @EvolOdonata

        @ErikSvensson what do you suggest? Resistance gene has worked pretty well for papaya.

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      4. Erik Svensson‏ @EvolOdonata 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @geneticmaize

        @geneticmaize For how long? Are you claiming that the coevolutionary arms race has come to an end for papaya?

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      5. Dr Anastasia Bodnar‏ @geneticmaize 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @EvolOdonata

        @ErikSvensson of course not. But we get papaya for 21 years and counting. Pretty good, IMHO.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Erik Svensson‏ @EvolOdonata 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @geneticmaize

        @geneticmaize 21 years is very short time, evolutionarily speaking. I doubt the effect will last long

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      7. Dr Anastasia Bodnar‏ @geneticmaize 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @EvolOdonata

        @ErikSvensson 21 years is a lot of papaya. What are your alternate ideas?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Erik Svensson‏ @EvolOdonata 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @geneticmaize

        @geneticmaize Evidence-based agriculture based on principles of ecology and evolutionary biology. Including mixed crops, rotations etc.

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      2. Moon App‏ @moon_app_minor 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @sdv_duras don't mind a measured GM approach to resist the bacteria, but say 'no thanks' to the anti browning tech

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. sz‏ @sz_duras 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @moon_app_minor

        @mason_mem i was reading that as much though the anti-scientism we've come across recently as the piece itself...

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      4. *¬*‏ @hdsncty 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @sz_duras

        @sdv_duras @mason_mem "shuttling DNA between species carries no intrinsic risk to human health or the environment" pure scientism

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Moon App‏ @moon_app_minor 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @hdsncty

        @hdsncty @sdv_duras we have to go case by needed or most appropriate case

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. sz‏ @sz_duras 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @moon_app_minor

        @mason_mem @hdsncty i agree, i don't see how using the term 'scientism' helps here...

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      7. *¬*‏ @hdsncty 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @sz_duras

        @sdv_duras @mason_mem look at the quote within the article, its deployment, merely an example of the pervasive scientism around gmo

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Moon App‏ @moon_app_minor 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @hdsncty

        @hdsncty @sdv_duras what quote are you speaking of

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      9. *¬*‏ @hdsncty 28 Jul 2013
        Replying to @moon_app_minor

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        @mason_mem @sdv_duras https://twitter.com/hdsncty/status/361513546388996096 … from the times article pinker posted

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        *¬* @hdsncty
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        @sdv_duras @mason_mem "shuttling DNA between species carries no intrinsic risk to human health or the environment" pure scientism
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