In case you’re wondering what all the hoopla is about.

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/630459740930359296

The Nature article is based on thousands of pages of Folta’s emails, which were recently obtained by the anti-GMO group U.S. Right to Know via an open records request. Although Folta vehemently denies having “close ties” to Monsanto, he readily admits to another detail in the article: that in 2014 he accepted an unrestricted $25,000 grant from the company to further his active outreach agenda on scientific communication.Folta said that he visits colleges, universities and even elementary schools to talk a

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