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Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Organic Food
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Penn & Teller examine the organic food industry to determine if it is, in fact, more nutritious, tastier or better for the environment. RT 26:53 and FUCK: NSFW!
Another topic that is controversial.
Season seven, episode six, first aired July 31, 2009.
Another topic that is controversial.
Season seven, episode six, first aired July 31, 2009.
Aug 6, 2009 1:04 AM
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Organic Food
Some of the "facts" presented are of dubious nature and others are presented using faulty logic. But keep in mind, this is entertainment.
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Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Organic Food
Original clip is deleted. Fortunately, a mirror was added. Would a moderator please correct?
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Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Organic Food
I was looking forward to seeing this one, even though I expected it to be the worst Bullshit! episode ever.
It does a fine job of cracking down on some nuts, but it doesn't come even close to telling the truth.
Here's a few facts they never mentioned:
-- Chemical fertilizers and the modern way of agriculture destroys the soil to the point of it being nearly worthless and, to boot, these things destroy biodiversity and ARE hazardous to human health. Unsustainable.
-- GM food is dangerous for the environment and your health. Besides, the worst of the worst corporations push these gen techs, annihilating whole communities.
-- The scientific mainstream is often under almost complete control of these corporations, just like in the field of medicine. Actually, just about all of academia sucks.
-- Try eating real organic food some time. Not only does it taste better, which is scientifically proven by millions of gardeners around the world and many others, it usually doesn't contain chemical rubbish such as refined sugars (which is just about put into every 'ordinary' product, probably to mask the horrendous taste of those products and to cater to the lowest common denominator).
-- Go visit a real organic farm some day. For that matter, investigate permaculture. Yields are higher than the crappy modern agriculture. It's also sustainable. Ever heard of that? Geez, I wonder how those HUGE fields of dead soil will produce anything when the oil price goes way up. You wish you had some local farm.
Oh well, I am 100% sure humanity will start a major war soon, and so bring down its numbers to more manageable numbers.
Penn and Teller better go make that Scientology is Bullshit episode now. That's some bullshit.
Thanks for posting.
It does a fine job of cracking down on some nuts, but it doesn't come even close to telling the truth.
Here's a few facts they never mentioned:
-- Chemical fertilizers and the modern way of agriculture destroys the soil to the point of it being nearly worthless and, to boot, these things destroy biodiversity and ARE hazardous to human health. Unsustainable.
-- GM food is dangerous for the environment and your health. Besides, the worst of the worst corporations push these gen techs, annihilating whole communities.
-- The scientific mainstream is often under almost complete control of these corporations, just like in the field of medicine. Actually, just about all of academia sucks.
-- Try eating real organic food some time. Not only does it taste better, which is scientifically proven by millions of gardeners around the world and many others, it usually doesn't contain chemical rubbish such as refined sugars (which is just about put into every 'ordinary' product, probably to mask the horrendous taste of those products and to cater to the lowest common denominator).
-- Go visit a real organic farm some day. For that matter, investigate permaculture. Yields are higher than the crappy modern agriculture. It's also sustainable. Ever heard of that? Geez, I wonder how those HUGE fields of dead soil will produce anything when the oil price goes way up. You wish you had some local farm.
Oh well, I am 100% sure humanity will start a major war soon, and so bring down its numbers to more manageable numbers.
Penn and Teller better go make that Scientology is Bullshit episode now. That's some bullshit.
Thanks for posting.
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Organic Food
I am 100% with you on the condition of the soil leftover by 'modern' agriculture. The taste issue, to a lesser extent, though I have every reason to believe that on nutrition there remains a lot to be learned.
The problem with nutritional science is that they're looking for known nutrients rather than seeking benefits from previously unrecognized chemical compounds.
And speaking of problems (King of Segue here), P&T are absolutely BS when it comes to feeding a hungry world. The issue is one of distribution more than it is one of growing enough food per acre.
The problem with nutritional science is that they're looking for known nutrients rather than seeking benefits from previously unrecognized chemical compounds.
And speaking of problems (King of Segue here), P&T are absolutely BS when it comes to feeding a hungry world. The issue is one of distribution more than it is one of growing enough food per acre.
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Gah!
Was the mirror not approved prior to flagging this link as broken?
Do we no longer link to Viddler.com? The link that I had referenced looks good to me.
Was the mirror not approved prior to flagging this link as broken?
Do we no longer link to Viddler.com? The link that I had referenced looks good to me.
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I don't know how to approve mirrors. Am I allowed to do so? I did flag the old one as broken, which it was (broken, that is).
Re: Penn & Teller Bullshit!: Organic Food
You're asking the wrong guy, buddy.
No real complaints on this end. These days, I just share the goodies that I find and count the bodies later.
No real complaints on this end. These days, I just share the goodies that I find and count the bodies later.
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