[lbo-talk] RE: Rifkin's latest biotech angst

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Mar 15 12:40:41 PST 2005


John Bizwas wrote:


>RE: Rifkin's latest biotech angst
>
>>> The first chimeric experiment occurred many years ago when
>>> scientists in Edinburgh fused a sheep and goat embryo - two
>>> unrelated animal species that are incapable of mating and
>>> producing a hybrid offspring. The resulting creature, called a
>>> geep, was born with the head of a goat and the body of a sheep.>>
>
>Does anyone do basic fact checking at the Guardian?

Newspapers don't do factchecking. But you'd think the author might make some effort to get things straight. Not Rifkin, though. Ever read SJ Gould's review of his earlier piece of biotech angst? Rifkin got all kinds of basic things wrong, from biology to the physical appearance of the Galapagos Islands.

Doug



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