[lbo-talk] Kenneally, some notes and background

[ravi]

On Jun 11, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:45:41 -0800
> Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu> wrote:
>
>> The existence of people with spinal cords, livers, etc is due to the
>> expression of genetic instructions in a socially conditioned
>> environment.  Again, the fundamental error here is assuming that  
>> there
>> are some biological factors that exist as independent elements that
>> influence the development of human characteristics.
>

Miles,

biological factors do not need to exist as independent elements (in  
your sense) for us to be able to talk independently of them. No?

	--ravi