David Perks wrote on the Guardian's GM foods debate -
My sixth formers... have gone away thinking that science is like politics!
Then surely they have learnt something useful... In so far as the account
of the meeting posted describes one scientist who is deemed sensible and one
who isn't, this may suggest that the boundaries between politics and science
are pretty blurred. Calling for them to be restored presumes someone with
the authority to draw the line. Who?
It would be interesting, though, to have a similar report on the discussion
this coming weekend, for those of us who can't make it.
Jon Turney
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