Label food for having DNA
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Dnarules
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I've never started a thread before, and probably will regret it, but this just makes me truly scared for the state of science education in this country (US).
io9.com/80-of-americans-support-mandatory-labels-on-foods-cont-1680277802
io9.com/80-of-americans-support-mandatory-labels-on-foods-cont-1680277802
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Sigh.0
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I want a label on all food that doesn't have DNA.0
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What's the problem? I absolutely positively want food labels on food with DNA in it.
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Next they'll want dihydrogen monoxide warning labels on food. Chemicals! Science!0
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I would rather see food that doesn't have DNA in it, showing that it's 100% synthetic.0
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That's funny, but not really surprising.0
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Okay well when you don't value an educated population, these are bound to be the results.0
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*whimper*
Please say you're trolling. Please?0 -
I am going with 80% of people who were surveyed for this purpose are poorly educated in basic biology.0
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You do? Why? Is that not a waste of ink on your packaging since all food has DNA in it?
Or have I missed some sarcasm?
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mumblemagic wrote: »
You do? Why? Is that not a waste of ink on your packaging since all food has DNA in it?
Or have I missed some sarcasm?
No sarcasm. Why would there be sarcasm? Virtually everything that has a food label on it has DNA it - what's the problem?
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nutmegoreo wrote: »I am going with 80% of people who were surveyed for this purpose are poorly educated in basic biology.
I'm going with 80% of posters will go with an unwarranted interpretation of the facts so they can make fun of people for being dumber than them.
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