Yes, I know Mr Peacocks attitudes well. If you check the transcripts of his opening address to the Press Club you will see that he vehemently attacks me and the Network of Concerned Farmers.
Why? How dare we tell the truth and expose the absolute lies farmers are being told about GM crops! How dare we push for fair risk management so that non-GM farmers are not liable for the economic loss caused by the introduction of a product we do not want and do not need!
What is wrong with us farmers... why shouldn't we just pay a fortune in costs (to either buy GM crops or try to prevent GM crops contaminating our product) just so that we can support the scientific sectors grandiose plans to form alliances with the corporate companies?
We are constantly told that we should keep the GM debate "science based" which is in effect ignoring the problems of the end user, the farmers and consumers who are expected to take all the risks.
Scientists of the future are going to find they have no public support if this sort of ridiculously selfish behaviour continues.

Thermoman knows better than scientists. Scientists know bugger all. With respect to the universe, they are the equivalent of the New Guinea native who sends drum messages from peak to peak, while overhead fly microwave messages about the latest stock exchange transactions which they cannot pick up because they don't have a satellite dish.

Thermoman comes from the plant Ultron. He has superhuman strength, and the ability to fly.

He also has the power to erase people's memories (e.g., his helmet fell off, so he had to erase the specific memories of each town member... by putting his finger on their forehead, finding the memories he wants to erase, and erasing it... he then did it to himself while explaining to Janet (his human wife), and forgets that he's Thermoman.

He also has some variation of telescopic vision, enabling him to read stuff at great distances. He has an extra male sexual organ, and a form of x-ray vision, allowing him to see inside people's bodies (a "perk of the job")

Thermoman protects the world, battling danger and evil whenever it threatens. After saving Janet Dawkins from falling to her death in the Grand Canyon he falls for her. In order to get to know her better, he approaches her as George, but soon has to reveal to her his other identity. In spite of this she falls for him too, and they start a relationship.

Really quite amazing the level of scientific ignorance poster's can have but still post on a subject they clearly are incapable of understanding. The trust of the piece is correct however there is no really satisfactory how of fixing the problem. Sure the pace scientific advancement would be quicker but we progress none the less. I think the thing that is most worrying is the rise of the instant expert. Just reading through many of the posts here we find that people who even freely admit to not knowing the subject can still pronounce the leading scientific theory of the day as junk I’ll give these people a hint there is a reason why scientist require a high level of intelligence and years of training it’s because it’s hard and some of the concepts are difficult to understand. Don’t be to disappointed if you don’t understand them. Please don’t make the foolish and prideful mistake of if you can’t understand it is must be wrong. One of my favourite scientist was the late Sir Fred Holye he was the chap that came up with the name “The Big Bang” he used it in a paper turning to show how the steady state theory was better. Now Fred was a very clever man but on this he was wrong, and though he worked on the steady state theory on and off until he died he would admit that his main issue with the Big bang was he didn’t like the idea not the evidence for or against it. Much of our understanding is unpalatable to many however it does mean it isn’t true.

Science... What a waste of time.
Meanwhile the median plumber or electrician earns double in a year what a the median engineer earns.