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Biotech / Medical : Monsanto Co.

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To: JGoren who wrote (1606)	3/13/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: Dan Spillane	Read Replies (1) of 2539

Unfortunately, scientific matters aren't suited to such a "public jury" scheme; I'm glad we don't do this in the US. The practical reason is most of the world is scientifically illiterate, and lacks in any critical thinking skills. Some may say that it is then incumbent upon the scientific spokesman to explain scientific matters during such a debate. But this won't work in the scenario where the media has been flooded with "bad science" up front, as is almost always the case. In fact, this is what the bad science groups (Greenpeace, et al.) depend on...circulating scary nonsense beforehand, which causes the public to go into a defensive mode. A scientist might have more luck dancing or singing to someone -- rather than explaining -- when they are prepared by opposing groups in this way. Once again, I'll bring up what the Royal Society said (does the public even understand what this means?) "Alleged scientific results that have not first been thoroughly scrutinised and exposed to the scientific community serve only to mislead with potentially damaging consequences."

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