06-16-2014, 02:59 PM
Richard Ha is correct. Fundamentally the anti-GMO legislation is anti-science and, on the Big Island, farmers are the victims.
Very analogously, society has been working through disbelief in science in the case of global warming. The anti-science aspect of climate change denial has been evident for a long time. Currently, a politician that denies that humans are accelerating global warming is not believable. Krugman commented:
Are we going to politically foster an anti-science climate on the Big Island? I hope we resist that.
Very analogously, society has been working through disbelief in science in the case of global warming. The anti-science aspect of climate change denial has been evident for a long time. Currently, a politician that denies that humans are accelerating global warming is not believable. Krugman commented:
quote:http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/opinio...imate.html
"So the real obstacle, as we try to confront global warming, is economic ideology reinforced by hostility to science."
Are we going to politically foster an anti-science climate on the Big Island? I hope we resist that.