http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/organic-food-considered-harmful Committees exist to share blame. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/organic-food-considered-harmful/comment-page-1#comment-72199 Don Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:31:14 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=7968#comment-72199 I'm watching an episode of <a HREF="http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/" rel="nofollow">The Agenda with Steve Paikin</A> called <a HREF="http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=7&bpn=104106&ts=2009-10-20%2020:00:00.0" rel="nofollow">Wired 24/7?</A>. After a mention of the Amish as an example a non-technological society, Neal Stephenson said "<B>we are all Amish</B>". The Amish are not non-technological (they have metallurgy, etc), they just define some technologies as "good" and some as "bad" or "impure". And we all do that. He mentioned the examples of people refusing to have a television or an answering machine / voice mail. But the example I thought of right away was genetically modified foods. I’m watching an episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin called Wired 24/7?. After a mention of the Amish as an example a non-technological society, Neal Stephenson said “we are all Amish“. The Amish are not non-technological (they have metallurgy, etc), they just define some technologies as “good” and some as “bad” or “impure”. And we all do that. He mentioned the examples of people refusing to have a television or an answering machine / voice mail. But the example I thought of right away was genetically modified foods.

]]> http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/organic-food-considered-harmful/comment-page-1#comment-72174 Kyla Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:40:12 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=7968#comment-72174 I do so love Southern Fried Science I do so love Southern Fried Science

]]> http://mentalpolyphonics.com/posts/organic-food-considered-harmful/comment-page-1#comment-72171 Jack Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:04:07 +0000 http://mentalpolyphonics.com/?p=7968#comment-72171 You can have my organic food when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. You can have my organic food when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

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