On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Thomas Seay wrote:
>
> --- Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
> when in fact all that
> > needs to be
> > done to avoid mental retardation in infants with the
> > genetic
> > disorder is control their diets.
>
> Oh give me a fucking break; I suppose then autism can
> be cured with macrobiotics or maybe the Atkins diet.
> I doubt Luke is saying that society/human intervention
> does not play a role.
> However, one is NOT born into any society with a blank slate.
>
I'm quoting one of the prominent biological researchers of the 20th century (Richard Lewontin). You're using a straw man argument; neither I nor Lewontin believe what you attribute to me.
Miles