http://virtualstoa.net/2008/05/27/nazis-and-gm-corn/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/05/27/nazis-and-gm-corn/#comment-222626 Nick L Tue, 27 May 2008 13:22:20 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2008/05/27/nazis-and-gm-corn/#comment-222626 Hypothesis: the confounding variable is poverty. Germans in poor areas are more likely to be neo-Nazis. Germans in poor areas are also less likely to be taken in by Daily Mail-esque hysteria about GMOS and kick up a fuss, as a) their political clout is lower cos they're poor b) they have more important issues on their mind than the latest science-scare. Hypothesis: the confounding variable is poverty. Germans in poor areas are more likely to be neo-Nazis. Germans in poor areas are also less likely to be taken in by Daily Mail-esque hysteria about GMOS and kick up a fuss, as a) their political clout is lower cos they’re poor b) they have more important issues on their mind than the latest science-scare.

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