this needs to go viral tho. an excellent broad summary for those who know nothing of what a gmo even is, or why they are as harmless as we design them to be, etc.
He said "Monarch" and "Venture" so many times. I mean, how was that not intended to be a Venture Bros. reference? For those not in the know, the show The Venture Bros. has a character named The Monarch.
well he is a learned man, a scientist, and an avid attendee to conferences about how to save earth, as he mentions here. So while his degree and field of study may not be about this, he can use his popularity and knowledge garnered from years of working with experts to share information with the masses. I do agree, however, that more spacecraft and airplane stuff would be awesome.
If you were never quite sure what patronizing meant... 3:58 perfect example. I saw 3 monarchs next to my house last week. I forgot how beautiful they are.
You bring up an excellent question. What about the herbicide that is sprayed on plants that don't die from it? Do they absorb the herbicide and pass it on to humans?
"One test is worth a hundred expert opinions" To quote my favourite artist of all time, if you can show how it works, and why it works, and that it works, I will spin on a dime 0.
I was so worried Nye might get off on some weird gmo tangent, but this is the first time Ive heard him talk about it in a manner that I personally agree with. But that's the issue with herbicides, where do we draw the line between what we call crops and weeds.
A very very old episode, I don't understand how they release this stuff so segmented and so far from when they were originally aired, the podcast stuff on iTunes is just the same, very strange
For those wondering, it looks like this monarch highway might be working. Monarch numbers are finally starting to go back up. It's still early, as I right this, to know for sure but current estimates of their populations are looking like they are recovering.
If GMOs aren't harmful, can you answer these two questions? 1. So, the how do we know that the genetic modification of the plant doesn't produce something harmful to humans like the corn plant produces a substance that kills the corn borer? 2. Doesn't the plant that can resist dying from the herbicide that kills all the other plants in the field absorb the herbicide that we ingest when we eat the plant.
After a little searching I found a bit of information that might help answer that. Obviously don't just take my word for it and do your own research. Just try to stay away from anything that spouts fear mongering frankenfood gibberish or overly accepting GMO-friendliness without stating sources or testing to back up their claims. 1. Experimentation and study. From the Wikipedia article on Bacillus thuringiensis (the bacterium in question that "makes" BT corn) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis#Toxicology_studies]: "Animal models have been used to assess human health risk from consumption of products containing Cry proteins. The United States Environmental Protection Agency recognizes mouse acute oral feeding studies where doses as high as 5,000 mg/kg body weight resulted in no observed adverse effects. Research on other known toxic proteins suggests that toxicity occurs at much lower doses, further suggesting that Bt toxins are not toxic to mammals. The results of toxicology studies are further strengthened by the lack of observed toxicity from decades of use of B. thuringiensis and its crystalline proteins as an insecticidal spray." 2. Yes and no. From an (supposedly) actual scientist at Monsanto [gmoanswers.com/ask/how-much-pesticide-and-or-weed-killer-gets-absorbed-freshly-planted-gm-seeds-residual-amounts]: "...Any glyphosate residues that remain in the plant decrease over time following application, and are less in grain compared to leaves. Processing of grain for use in food also reduces detectible residues. For example, there is no detectible glyphosate present in the oil fraction in soybean or corn oil. ..." Basically the grain absorbs much less than the stem/stalk/leaf, and processing and refining help to further reduce that amount.
That's like turning on an NFL game ON NFL Network and seeing golf. Then you complain and some guy says IT'S A SPORTS CHANNEL, HEATHEN. Go troll somewhere else.
What I can't stand about this podcast is every time Bill Nye tries to explain something, Chuck cracks some stupid joke. He does it on every episode. It really takes away from the podcast quality.
+Jose Soto If so, it's a fail in my opinion. All my 10 year old and 8 year old would get out of this is poor taste and that constantly interrupting someone is ok.
Nye: We did have this problem with Monarch Butterflies and Milkweed ! Me: "WE" had a WHAT now? Close captioning on this video works (also watching Nye's hands) but is not making sense OR I don't understand "Biotechnology" OR.... Need spellcheck? : (
I hate that the guy did not really explain the difference, he just kept talking about the technology of GM food and cultivation of food doea not necessarily means breeding.
Bill Nye is wrong on this, yet again. Hybrid plants can happen without humans, its natural. GMO is made only in a lab! What a fool, there is no comparison and he keeps talking about this, trying to shill for Monsanto. You don't know jack about hybrids and GMOs quite clearly Bill, do some more research and try not to spend only 5 minutes per topic on your research! (edit: I also find it funny that the youtube ad is for bayer 'learn about bayers proposal to acquire monsanto' it says (the huge corporate company buying monsanto). Wow, just wow. This entire thing is a shill for corporations, lost all respect for Bill Nye, seriously, and I grew up watching his shows.
I like Chuck. Chuck can be a funny guy, sometimes. Chuck was not funny this episode. Chuck constantly interrupted Bill with lame jokes and failed to pick up on Bills obvious dissatisfaction and kept doing it. Don't be like Chuck.
Why don't you put the full podcast on TH-cam???
it's on soundcloud, but yea i wished they uploaded the video podcasts here
it's on the stitcher app and also on soundcloud
i know all that but youtube is more convenient and I like video.
Dang, are you placing an order? Hahaha. Anything else with that?
Kendrick Jahn can i get an apple pie with that
This is exactly why I subscribed. I learned something, and I learned something else that was even cooler and restores some of my faith in humanity.
This is eerie. I JUST read this in Bill Nye's "Undeniable" book, with the added chapter.
this needs to go viral tho. an excellent broad summary for those who know nothing of what a gmo even is, or why they are as harmless as we design them to be, etc.
Bill Nye coming to Netflix, yo!
He said "Monarch" and "Venture" so many times. I mean, how was that not intended to be a Venture Bros. reference? For those not in the know, the show The Venture Bros. has a character named The Monarch.
Obviously lobbys pay very well, right Mr Nye?
as much as i like gmos id like bill nye to talk more about his specialty like the future of airplanes and space craft
well he is a learned man, a scientist, and an avid attendee to conferences about how to save earth, as he mentions here. So while his degree and field of study may not be about this, he can use his popularity and knowledge garnered from years of working with experts to share information with the masses.
I do agree, however, that more spacecraft and airplane stuff would be awesome.
Nye for president!
Thank you!
This... is PlantTalk... ♬ Duu du du du duuuu whooosh ♬
When we return we ask "Would fertilizer work on Venus? "
If you were never quite sure what patronizing meant... 3:58 perfect example.
I saw 3 monarchs next to my house last week. I forgot how beautiful they are.
Ha! Someone finally calls out Chuck for interrupting with comments that are perpetually unfunny.
So informative and entertaining! I can't wait for your talk show on Netflix :-)
He's getting a talk show on Netflix?
Yes, I believe it's called, "Bill Nye Saves the World"
you guys should really make longer videos. you would make more munnies and we want more more more
Bill Nye needs to host StarTalk more.
Between him, Neil, and Chuck Nice you don't need to have guests.
Does the protein crystallize in human gut or only in the corn bore gut? What effect does the BT Corn have on humans?
You bring up an excellent question. What about the herbicide that is sprayed on plants that don't die from it? Do they absorb the herbicide and pass it on to humans?
"One test is worth a hundred expert opinions" To quote my favourite artist of all time, if you can show how it works, and why it works, and that it works, I will spin on a dime
0.
so where is this milkweed highway? its been 2 1/2 years
I was so worried Nye might get off on some weird gmo tangent, but this is the first time Ive heard him talk about it in a manner that I personally agree with.
But that's the issue with herbicides, where do we draw the line between what we call crops and weeds.
Poor chuck, don't worry, i've laughed at some of your silliness before :P
He's funny sometimes but he doesn't know when to stop.
Omg, let Bill speak!!!
A very very old episode, I don't understand how they release this stuff so segmented and so far from when they were originally aired, the podcast stuff on iTunes is just the same, very strange
I am assuming STARtalk focuses so much on GMOtalk because GMO is the answer to space travel?
Glad you caught the 2 sided question.
It bothers me that Chuck has his headphones on backwards.
For those wondering, it looks like this monarch highway might be working. Monarch numbers are finally starting to go back up. It's still early, as I right this, to know for sure but current estimates of their populations are looking like they are recovering.
Me: Oh sweet a podcast where neil degrasse tyson talks about space and cool science shit! better subscribe.
StarTalk: GMO DEBATE 431
May i recommend SpaceRip
thanks I'll give it a go
Fraser Laidlaw I wont be seeing you for a while...
Im sure of it!
Monarch Venture: Anyone else get the mental image of the Monarch meeting with Dr. Venture discussing climate change?
i wanna know who has been counting all the butterflies
I think Chuck was medicated during this episode. He usually has a bit more good sense.
So many people knocking on chuck, but he makes so,e jokes, not all good, but he also simplifies it
All I can say is this, cancer and autism used to be rare diseases but now they're rampant.
not true. autism was just being misdiagnosed.
If GMOs aren't harmful, can you answer these two questions? 1. So, the how do we know that the genetic modification of the plant doesn't produce something harmful to humans like the corn plant produces a substance that kills the corn borer? 2. Doesn't the plant that can resist dying from the herbicide that kills all the other plants in the field absorb the herbicide that we ingest when we eat the plant.
After a little searching I found a bit of information that might help answer that. Obviously don't just take my word for it and do your own research. Just try to stay away from anything that spouts fear mongering frankenfood gibberish or overly accepting GMO-friendliness without stating sources or testing to back up their claims.
1. Experimentation and study. From the Wikipedia article on Bacillus thuringiensis (the bacterium in question that "makes" BT corn) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus_thuringiensis#Toxicology_studies]:
"Animal models have been used to assess human health risk from consumption of products containing Cry proteins. The United States Environmental Protection Agency recognizes mouse acute oral feeding studies where doses as high as 5,000 mg/kg body weight resulted in no observed adverse effects. Research on other known toxic proteins suggests that toxicity occurs at much lower doses, further suggesting that Bt toxins are not toxic to mammals. The results of toxicology studies are further strengthened by the lack of observed toxicity from decades of use of B. thuringiensis and its crystalline proteins as an insecticidal spray."
2. Yes and no. From an (supposedly) actual scientist at Monsanto [gmoanswers.com/ask/how-much-pesticide-and-or-weed-killer-gets-absorbed-freshly-planted-gm-seeds-residual-amounts]:
"...Any glyphosate residues that remain in the plant decrease over time following application, and are less in grain compared to leaves. Processing of grain for use in food also reduces detectible residues. For example, there is no detectible glyphosate present in the oil fraction in soybean or corn oil. ..."
Basically the grain absorbs much less than the stem/stalk/leaf, and processing and refining help to further reduce that amount.
Please no more about GMO's and Pesticide. We're here for talk about stars. Star talk. Space. Cool shit.
That's like turning on an NFL game ON NFL Network and seeing golf. Then you complain and some guy says IT'S A SPORTS CHANNEL, HEATHEN.
Go troll somewhere else.
+Kyle Riddle science isn't limited to space.
ESPN would be a better example here over NFL channel...provided the content and guest's they have had.
Who said it was? Please don't act ignorant. I know you aren't. The show is called Star talk, not science talk.
No it wouldn't.
What I can't stand about this podcast is every time Bill Nye tries to explain something, Chuck cracks some stupid joke. He does it on every episode. It really takes away from the podcast quality.
I feel your pain, but I think they have him on because kids also watch this :S
So they have him on so kids can listen to his attempts at sexual innuendos?
+Serious Business they have to learn some where lol.
+Jose Soto If so, it's a fail in my opinion. All my 10 year old and 8 year old would get out of this is poor taste and that constantly interrupting someone is ok.
+Pete Brown I'm just saying I didn't make the show my human man. the guy is getting under my nerves lol
bill seems aggravated.
So, fungi are not just fun guys
Also everything humans do are natural
Nye: We did have this problem with Monarch Butterflies and Milkweed !
Me: "WE" had a WHAT now?
Close captioning on this video works (also watching Nye's hands) but is not making sense OR I don't understand "Biotechnology" OR.... Need spellcheck? : (
I hate that the guy did not really explain the difference, he just kept talking about the technology of GM food and cultivation of food doea not necessarily means breeding.
Bill is keep talking nice about Monsanto:/
Bill Nye is wrong on this, yet again. Hybrid plants can happen without humans, its natural. GMO is made only in a lab! What a fool, there is no comparison and he keeps talking about this, trying to shill for Monsanto. You don't know jack about hybrids and GMOs quite clearly Bill, do some more research and try not to spend only 5 minutes per topic on your research! (edit: I also find it funny that the youtube ad is for bayer 'learn about bayers proposal to acquire monsanto' it says (the huge corporate company buying monsanto). Wow, just wow. This entire thing is a shill for corporations, lost all respect for Bill Nye, seriously, and I grew up watching his shows.
I like Chuck
#Chuck'slifematters
LizardBabys already exist. Just look at politics.
FIRRRRRRRST!
Please stop
first?
bill said it himself, 2 sexes.
Fungi actually have more than 2 genders
He said they have hundreds, pay attention.
Soo... if fungi have more than 2 genders and humans are starting to... are people turning into fungi?
If people were turning into fungi, would eating mushrooms be considered cannibalism?
+Nothingman76 Yes its like how eating a banana is 18% cannibalism.
triggered
GMO = desastre
Careful, you're talking about the sexes of plants; could get banned.
Bill 2016: "This is what happens in nature. We have two sexes: male and female."
Bill 2017: "Sex, like gender, is on a spectrum."
P.S. Yes, Intersex people exist, I am just trying to make a point about Bill's change in presentation of information.
It's painful to watch Bill Nye try to discuss a serious topic with someone who's desperate/failed attempts at comedy ruin the conversation
I like Chuck. Chuck can be a funny guy, sometimes. Chuck was not funny this episode. Chuck constantly interrupted Bill with lame jokes and failed to pick up on Bills obvious dissatisfaction and kept doing it. Don't be like Chuck.
I love how pretentious start talk's audience is.
What a terrible host. Let Bill talk and stop cracking sex jokes at every opportunity.
Nye for president!
Ha! Someone finally calls out Chuck for interrupting with comments that are perpetually unfunny.
god he just wouldnt stop...
Neil jokes around with Chuck but Bill was more yeah yeah whatever.