Normally a crusader for science and reason, popular liberal talk show host Bill Maher falls short when it comes to GMOs, writes Scientific American blogger Kyle Hill. Maher has fallen into the same trap that claims many who oppose GMOs: refusing to separate the politics from the science. His views regarding mandatory GMO labeling and Monsanto’s supposedly “evil” practices cloud his judgement of the science, Hill writes:
“For questions that science, and not politics, has a bearing on, it really does not matter what you think of Monsanto. It does not matter what you think of the corporationโs business tactics or how it treats its customers or employees. Similarly, it does not matter if you think Al Gore a hypocrite or Charles Darwin a heathenโclimate change and evolution are real and established. By calling GMOs โpoisonโ and โevilโ, Bill Maher poisons the well of reasoned scientific discussion with ideologically driven fear mongering.”
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