The web page that I used for this essay was from the ZME Science online magazine (https://www.zmescience.com). On the website, I reviewed an article titled, “Why people hate GMOs (when they shouldn’t)”, which was written by Tibi Puiu and published on May 5 2017. Mostly, the article centered on how scientists and their research on genetically modified organisms (GMO) /crops are safe to eat and have the capability to change worldwide hunger, but the public opposition to (GMOs) remains strong. This discrepancy between public opinion and the scientific evidence requires addition information. ZME Science was established in the summer of 2007. They a trusted source of science news and features covering research and developments from all scientific fields. Their purpose has been to bring their readers the best …show more content…
He states that “The discrepancy between public opinion and the scientific evidence requires an explanation. We argue that intuitive expectations about the world render the human mind vulnerable to particular misrepresentations of GMOs” ( owall%3Dtrue). He talks about another researcher, Nassim Nicholas Taleb talks about how criticism are often levied against those who argue for caution portraying them as unreasonable and possibly even paranoid (com/pp2.pdf). Meaning a lot of times people do not take the time to understand technology and don’t understand change nor care for it. The change doesn’t even have to big a big one, even the small ones can make people very unreasonable. The article showed a study by Nassim Nicholas Taleb that people can think differently no matter what the research say and research that the crops are ok to eat by Geert De Jaeger. So both forms of evidence are considered credible for the