Genes at the Crossroads
Human behavior isn't complex the way a game of chess is, or the way the wiring is in a computer, for example. Human traits cannot be ascribed to one gene or even a large group.
Human behavior isn't complex the way a game of chess is, or the way the wiring is in a computer, for example. Human traits cannot be ascribed to one gene or even a large group.
Dan Agin | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media
The dogma of American conservatism is to look backward, which means you're usually out of date in understanding progress and usually wrong in understanding the human condition.
abcnews.com | Will Dunham | Posted 06.16.2008 | Living
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Beth Kohl | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living
Whether the individual wishes to gain that knowledge through genetic tests and whether she feels comfortable knowing potentially scary things about herself should be up to the person to decide.
Jacqueline Leo | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living
When did scientists discover that fruit flies were absent-minded?
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 11.06.2007 | Living
Richard Dawkins has become such an icon as a spokesperson for science and evolution that it is difficult for many to believe that he could be so wrong about an issue so fundamental as group selection.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living
James Watson isn't the first gene devotee who subscribes to the crude notion that biology is destiny. Such a belief runs contrary to even the most basic kind of wisdom.
Dan Agin | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics
Like "intelligence", the term "race" is ill-defined in science. The extent to which racial classifications of humans reflect any underlying biological reality is highly controversial.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.15.2007 | Living
To claim that genes are the controllers of everything, which amounts to meta-materialism, is willy-nilly, crude reasoning.
Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home
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Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.19.2008 | Living