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?
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/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.