Category Archives: Genetic Engineering

GMOrganic a Love Story

Great little video featuring Pam and Raoul in Davis California: GMOrganic: A Botanical Love Story from News21 Berkeley 2011 on Vimeo.

Posted in Food, Genetic Engineering | 13 Comments

Open Letter to Rob Hopkins and Transition

Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement, has posted some comments on my recent blog post The Hockey Stick Illusion in which he has challenged the change of course this blog has taken since its inception in 2006. Since … Continue reading

Posted in climate change, collapse, Genetic Engineering, Peak Oil, Science and Rationaltiy, Transition Towns | 47 Comments

Climate Change: Will the Real Skeptics Please Stand Up?

Update 16-02-11: a slightly revised version of this post is now on ThinkorSwim where a lively discussion ensues… Update: Sept. 4th 2011- the post at ThinkorSwim was taken down, along with another interesting discussion- I have posted the comments from … Continue reading

Posted in climate change, Genetic Engineering, Science and Rationaltiy | 21 Comments

On Pascals’ Wager and the Precautionary Principle

Following on from the last post, a review of Simon Fairlie’s discussion of the the pros and cons of meat eating, I wanted to pick up on an issue he raises which I had not discussed, but which deserves more … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, climate change, Genetic Engineering | 6 Comments