Norman Borlaug on Penn and Teller: BS

Normal Borlaug is an agricultural scientist and the father of the Green Revolution, directly responsible for saving over a billion lives from starvation in the third world through the spread and advance of genetically modified crops and technology. He's spent his life saving people and improving the world. This clip is from the Penn and Teller: Bullshit! episode Eat This! from Season 1, on diets and world hunger. He's truly a great, great person, and I wanted to share the word, as far too few people know about Borlaug and his work.

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[exdialupuser12]

Don't hate on GMOs, hate on Monsanto. We have the potential to make food crops much more nutritious, healthier, able to withstand extreme climates, resist diseases and much more. GMOs can be amazing, But not when you have a company like Monsanto behind it.

[myndy86]

Organic fixes issues Borlaug caused"In the flood plains of Bangladesh,community-based organic agriculture resulted from an increasing awareness to the harmful effects of the Green Revolution. The latter was showing a tremendous decline in crop yields despite an enormous increase in the need for the application of fertilizers and pesticides. Groundwater was less available""the health situation was worsening (including gastric, skin and respiratory diseases)"fao.org/docrep/005/a­c784e/ac784e-01.htm

[TheSeanoftheBread]

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Bull. Shit.

[AnCapped]

I love Penn's summary at the end "Unless you and yours are starving, you need to SHUT THE FUCK UP."

[Ates Andrew]

lol reminds me of witch hunts from children storys. idiot villagers see something different and without learning about it they attack the said thing in a blind rage. learn before you speak. none of those probably have ever worked on a real farm. i have and its crazy when you see so many laws being passed against farming practices from people that live in the city that have never even tested against those foods.

[Bhillbo]

I was thinking this the entire time I was watching. Like the guy keeps saying it's to feed the starving people... meanwhile gmo's are banned in places that need it a bit more than 'Murica does.

'Murica is the gmo testing grounds.

[RIPb1b]

I"m so happy the Nazi managed their way into a series of comments about seeds.

[myndy86]

What is the other side and what evidence do you have the other side performs medical experiments on humans without their informed consent and other Nazi techniques the biotech companies use?

[myndy86]

The testing was conducted by Monsanto, this was a reevaluation of Monsanto studies. Obviously Monsanto uses poor study design, health parameters, etc.

[stasevich]

EXaCTLY LIKE THE SHOW CALLED BULLLLLSHIIIITTT!

Forgets to mention the important fact, that US is the country where most of GMO used, most of the world banned it or restricted it far more than in us! Last time I checked we were not the hungriest nation on earth. And why wound GMO companies be against labeling gmo food as such if its so wonderful?

[evemmayer]

Just a bunch of propaganda. He is a fat ass! Sure they donated seed to poor countries. They want them to grow it and become hooked on having to purchase it every year as they cannot keep the seed. They become trapped by Monsanto. There is enough food grown to feed the world. We do not need chemical companies to assist in any way.

[David Mauriello]

This rich, self-centered dumb ass does not know the difference between positive change in agriculture and the propaganda and lies he is spewing. No GE CROP has ever proved, more yield, safer, more nutritious or resulted in less pesticide use since their inception. NONE.