[lbo-talk] Don't Mess With Mom

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Sat Jun 26 18:46:00 PDT 2004


On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 lweiger at umich.edu wrote:


> Of course "both environment and genes must interact to produce any specific
> traits." It's not like you could clone me by extracting some of my DNA and
> placing it in a vacuum. NO ONE OVER THE AGE OF FIVE HAS EVER HAD SUCH A
> HORRIBLY CONFUSED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW GENES WORK (at least in recent times).
> Please be more charitable.


>From my own experience teaching and reading people's opinions online,
I'd say naive genetic determinism is alive and well. I wish your statement above in caps were true, but it's not.

Miles



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