From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 10:16:09 MDT
Brett Paatsch wrote,
> Matt Ridley author of the Red Queen has written a book Nature
> via Nurture and in today's version of Time there's an interesting
> "teaser" article. The science may be light but I liked it.
>
> http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030602/story.html
>
> "Only now is it dawning on scientists .... that learning itself
> consists of nothing more than switching genes on and off "
> ......
Meaning what? That we can change our DNA by mental concentration? That our
DNA changes throughout life as we learn? That learned data are encoded in
DNA and passed along to our children as some racial memory?
To say this is "light" on science is an understatement! This piece seems to
simply restate the old nature-vs-nurture debate, misunderstanding half of
it, and presenting it as if it were some strange, new discovery. I don't
see any new biological information in this piece. This seems to be basic
genetics and environment. However, some of the statements and conclusions
seem off-the wall.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
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