Event Renamed, Maybe Postponed. Needs to be Cancelled.
I was blown away to see that the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium was sponsoring "Science on Tap" an event at a local bar that featured a speaker on a scientific topic. However, the speaker for November 13th was a local dietitian with clear activist leanings, planning what appeared to be a baseless criticism of transgenic crop technology in her talk "GMO's (sic) Exposed". My analysis of the speaker and the situation here. A few emails and notes on social media brought a first wave of responses that suggested bringing in "all views" was the job of science and that her talk was appropriate. My head almost exploded. Since when is a "science center" promoting "teach the controversy"? Science Center endorses a local dietitian to speak on the dangers of GMO foods. Zero illnesses or deaths in 18 years. 88,000 deaths a year from alcohol. Finally tonight I received word from their CEO that they'd be "