Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Excellent reading! 2 thumbs up! :) Stephen , " Igor Alphus " <Alphu-s wrote: > > Go to Dr Bruce Lipton .com he is a scientist and challenges the Genetics > concepts. > I heard him lecture and he says his own work disproving many idea's about > Genetics were not recieved well by his colleagues. > He sent these to fellow PH'D S in his field he said 70% of them never > openend his e-mail as they knew their research would go down the drain. > He is an interesting read. > Alphu-s > > > > " selena230 " <selena230 > > > > > > Cautioning against the DNA hype > >Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:27:17 -0000 > > > >We are operating on the basis of the assumption that all we are as > >individuals is exclusively a product of our DNA. This belief is based > >on a popular trend in US media culture that reduces complex human > >behaviors and abilities to individual genes. The simplicity of this > >assumption is certainly comforting--for example, it relieves > >individuals of a lot of responsibilities ( " a gene made me do it " ); > >additionally, the popular belief that " our genes hold the key to our > >true selves " fosters the hope that, deep down, we are so much more > >special than we seem to be otherwise. Not to mention that, by reducing > > " human nature " to a bunch of genes, the need to put in any serious > >effort to understand the complex world we live in becomes absolutely > >redundant--a lazy student's dream! > > > >Unfortunately, pace much popular journalism, this theory does not hold > >water (and even most serious geneticists would shudder at the thought > >of such a simplification). If human beings both as a species and as > >individuals are exclusively the product of their genes, this does not > >explain why we are so different from other primates--chimps, for > >example, with whom we share 98% of our DNA. Conversely, if the key to > >understanding the uniqueness of the human experience is not in our > >genes, what's all the hype about " activating our DNA " ? The argument > >that the key to the difference between humans and chimps is in our > >dormant DNA does not work, either, since genes that are not activated > >are just that: not activated, and hence do not account for any > >intrinsic or extrinsic qualities. > > > >Sorry for the wordy message. This is a topic I often discuss with my > >students, and have a hard time just keeping quiet. From now on I will > >keep my mouth shut, though--I promise! :-) > > > >Sel > > > > _______________ > Enter the " Telus Mobility Xbox a Day " contest for your chance to WIN! Telus > Mobility is giving away an Microsoft Xbox® 360 every day from November 20 to > December 31, 2006! Just download Windows Live (MSN) Messenger to your > IM-capable TELUS mobile phone, and you could be a winner! > http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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