Are there any alternatives to the mechanistic science worldview?
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About the video: ‘Are there any alternatives to the mechanistic science worldview?’
Mae-Wan Ho comments on the growing grassroots response to mechanistic science – the science of genetic engineering based on the false notion of ‘genetic determinism’ (see “Is genetic modification unsafe? (part 1)”). She says that science has been serving the interests of big business for too long. It must now be reclaimed for public good.
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Filmed: Science, Medecine and the Law - RIBA. London, UK on 31 January 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2005 Big Picture TV
About Mae-Wan Ho
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho is a world renowned geneticist & biophysicist. She is Director of the Institute of Science in Society, she is co-founder of the International Science Panel on Genetic Modification and is scientific advisor to the Third World Network. She has written more than 300 publications and over a dozen books including “Genetic Engineering – Dream or Nightmare?” (1998) and “The Case for a GM-free Sustainable World” (2004).
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