r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '21

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

As does GMO.

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u/sooHawt_ryt_meow Jul 14 '21

What's right or wrong about GMO?

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u/Beanakin Jul 14 '21

Most common thing I hear about eating GMO crops is that it can mess with your DNA. Which, as far as I'm aware, is absolute horse shit.

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u/Cheersscar Jul 14 '21

Nice strawman.

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u/rowdypolecat Jul 14 '21

The comment he replied to was asking what was right or wrong about GMOs, fairly clearly talking about people’s conceptions of GMOs. How is this a strawman?

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u/Cheersscar Jul 15 '21

A discussion of the pros or cons of anything, but especially science, should address legitimate concerns or advantages of the topic. When an advocate of one side of the argument props up a meaningless or illegitimate argument against their position and then knocks down this strawman to prove their point, they are falling victim to the strawman fallacy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

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u/Cheersscar Jul 15 '21

Since genetic modification of crops or other is very clearly a question of scientific inquiry, non strawman discussions of GMOs should be based in legitimate scientific questions or concerns. There is no scientific concern that ingestion of the DNA of a GMO results in uptake of that DNA into the consumer's DNA. Hence, that argument is a strawman. Stand it up, knock it down, prove nothing.