tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720817524471181846.post917787197035732961..comments2020-07-18T07:55:25.202-07:00Comments on The Smoking GMO Gun: Response to Professor Folta.Derek Bickertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16164347930159384876noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720817524471181846.post-35631084158541404622015-02-11T12:30:18.495-08:002015-02-11T12:30:18.495-08:00It did. What happened was, I was allowing for Foo...It did. What happened was, I was allowing for Food Babe's sloppy use of language. Obviously she was talking about herbicides--no-one in their right minds would accuse crops with Bt and the like of increasing spraying. But precisely because of the sleight-of-hand with the three terms pesticide, herbicide and insecticide that I complained about, Kevin was able to pretend that she was referring to pesticides in general. So that was what I should have complained about, not self-contradition. Thanks for pointing this out.Derek Bickertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164347930159384876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720817524471181846.post-50839113462799454572015-02-10T23:27:19.427-08:002015-02-10T23:27:19.427-08:00I'm sorry, Dr. Bickerton, but I don't quit...I'm sorry, Dr. Bickerton, but I don't quite get what you're saying with "Error 1." I'm afraid I can't see the self-contradiction. In the first part he was talking about glyphosate, a single pesticide, increasing. In the second, overall pesticide use decreasing. It would be like saying that apple consumption is increasing and overall fruit consumption is decreasing is contradictory. (I hope that made sense.)Kent Wagonernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720817524471181846.post-21752899317244472832015-02-10T15:06:04.302-08:002015-02-10T15:06:04.302-08:00Yeah, well, it was about 1.30 a.m. when I posted. ...Yeah, well, it was about 1.30 a.m. when I posted. Good for you--it saved you from having to seriously look at what I saidDerek Bickertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164347930159384876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3720817524471181846.post-63231129962370143682015-02-10T11:20:44.545-08:002015-02-10T11:20:44.545-08:00Who is Dr. Horta? It is hard to take your critica...Who is Dr. Horta? It is hard to take your critical commentary/rebut seriously when your response is careless from the outset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com