[ExI] bees again

Mon Mar 21 00:29:17 UTC 2016

On Sun, Mar 20, 2016  William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> I do seriously wonder why the research that is so sorely needed before we
> put chemicals on crops or anything else that goes into foods is not done.
>

What's the point? An enormous amount of research has already being done to
make our food safe, and that's one reason people live longer than they ever
have before, but no finite amount of research will convince
environmentalists that genetic engineered food is safe or that pesticides
aren't necessarily evil , just as no finite number of null results will
convince the ESP people that it's all bullshit. If somebody's opinions were
not formed by facts then they can not be destroyed by facts either; so no
matter many times you've already tested it they'll always want you to test
it one more time. Always one more time. And that's not a bad definition of
infinity.      

> 
> why do we see so many recalls of drugs, so many lawyers advertising to
> file lawsuits against drug makers?  Not enough research.
>

Or too many lawyers. 

> 
> Go to the extreme - buy organic foods.
>

I prefer inorganic foods like metal and rocks. 

John K Clark
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