@feld @feld yeah, sure, that's correct. That doesn't mean that introducing non-sterile GMOs into the enviornment isn't flat-out pollution

@alrs @feld

I strongly recommend the book by Stewart Brand "Whole Earth Discipline" (2010) from an environmentalist who did a lot of research on GMO and actually sees it as a chance to combat climate change.

@kravietz @feld surprise! https://newatlas.com/science/genetic-engineering-mosquito-experiment-goes-wrong/

@alrs @feld

But you have certainly noted the two paragraphs of retractions and disclaimers in the beginning? Why are you not linking the updated article?

@kravietz @feld they're right there in the article?

@alrs @feld

And yes, this way you can actually "prove" COVID-19 is being spread by 5G towers. Disputes are frequent in science and they improve science. If you're knowingly quoting an article with outdated or incorrect conclusions, it's not science, it's propaganda.

@kravietz @feld I'm not talking about 5G, I provided a link to an article. You say it's retracted. It isn't. There is a link to an article that allows the company to respond. It contains: "The company isn’t denying that genes from its own mosquitoes made it into the wild population – this has long been known to occur. Instead, Oxitec finds fault with the idea that this gene transfer is dangerous in any

@alrs @feld

You stopped in the most interesting moment:

“The data published in this paper and in the entire body of peer-reviewed literature do not support this (hybrid vigor) hypothesis,” an Oxitec representative told us. “The natural, background genetics passed into the local population declined over time, after releases of Oxitec mosquitoes stopped.”