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The choice many individuals are apparently making is to not join the organization, which is why it is freely, of it's own accord making the choice to change.

No, there aren't. That's the very heart of science.

Er, that is the scientific method. If you reject that then you reject science by definition.

Again, you've not actually articulated a hypothesis, so there's nothing for me to dispute or concur with.

Again, you're still just going on about matters of government.

It's your hypothesis, not mine, and until you articulate how it could be falsified it's an invalid one from a scientific perspective.

Yes, I'm quite familiar with the Westministerian parliamentary system. It's entirely irrelevant. The sovereign is the embodiment of the government, not the nation, and the law refers only to the former.

Which is written by the government. I'm sure they find it quite convenient for people to confuse the nation with the government, but the fact is that the duty to one is not equal to and is sometimes in opposition to the other.

I have no idea how to parse that first sentence.

You're simply using words differently than everyone else does.

Both. You can't be a scientist and be unwilling to disregard your preconceptions if the data refutes them, but that doesn't mean you can't have preconceptions.

Of course. It should be rather obvious that a willingness to disregard dogma is a basic and necessary requirement for science.

Of course they have. Domestic plants are far more divergent from natural ones than GMO plants are from either.

No.

You've rather answered your own question. You cannot have science without secularism, and this isn't an example of intolerance of religion or monarchism. Quite the opposite, requiring a pledge to a god is intolerance of the secular.

That's because effectively all the criticism of GMOs is just mindless Luddism.

Not so much in the US. Women can be in the military, but not intentionally put in combat.

Like other things, people will snap it off the shelves. There won't be any conveniently located stockpiles for survivors to get at. It'll be all over the place, in sub optimal conditions.

As soon as the crisis starts, money loses most of its value. People will strip the shelves, and start profiteering.

Yep. They did a telephone interview (to make sure I understood what would be needed if I matched someone), and mailed me a set of swabs and vials.