{"id":6037,"date":"2013-08-28T12:06:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T19:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=6037"},"modified":"2013-08-28T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T19:31:12","slug":"craig-venter-nassim-taleb-twitter-82813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/craig-venter-nassim-taleb-twitter-82813\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Venter & Nassim Taleb Twitter 8\/28\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a conversation I only hoped would ever happen. Not because I have a vested interest in either outcome, but because I realize the stakes are so high that it would take minds like these to come to a meaningful understanding. For background please read recent NYT article Golden Rice: Lifesaver?<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Link to Twitter Conversation August 28, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\" <\/a>J. Craig Venter<\/strong> \u200f@<\/s>JCVenter<\/b> 3h<\/a> <\/small>
Golden rice vitamin A could prevent blindness in 250000 children\/year. Anti GMO people check your morals.<\/p>\n

\"\" Nassim N. Taleb<\/strong> \u200f@<\/s>nntaleb<\/b> <\/a> 1h<\/a> <\/small>
@<\/s>JCVenter<\/b><\/a> Pro GMO people, check your understanding of 1) Risk & probability , 2) invoking “morals” as a tactic while endangering people.<\/p>\n

\"\" J. Craig Venter<\/strong> \u200f@<\/s>JCVenter<\/b> <\/a> 59m<\/a> <\/small>
@<\/s>nntaleb<\/b><\/a> you are smarter than that. Small hypothetical risk vs 250000 blind children. <1 vs 100%.<\/p>\n

\"\" Nassim N. Taleb<\/strong> \u200f@<\/s>nntaleb<\/b> <\/a>@<\/s>JCVenter<\/b><\/a> Point 2: There are other alternatives with controlled & known side effects.<\/p>\n

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