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Michael Specter
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Quotes by Michael Specter
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All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn't whether our food has been modified, but how.
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Experts chosen to represent a specific point of view are cheerleaders, not scientists. And people who rely on them are denialists.
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I understand the horrors of having no insurance, but, believe me, eight hours of sleep and good meals are NOT going to prevent you from getting sick. Don’t gamble with your life; it’s a stupid bet.
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Your dollar cheeseburger isn’t a dollar if you factor in what it’s going to cost in health care.
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I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald’s, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle.
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I think it’s too soon to say that, and I think, basically – most of the people that I ran across and most of the studies that I saw suggest people don’t go to McDonald’s to eat healthy food. They go to eat fries and cheeseburgers.
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Flu is easily transmitted, so if you are working with sick people – who are most at risk for getting seriously ill – you ought to be vaccinated. I am not really equipped to say whether it should be the law or not.
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All the food we eat – every grain of rice and kernel of corn – has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isnt whether our food has been modified, but how.
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People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can’t set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.
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