> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Deborah Harrell > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 1:57 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Scouted: Interview with Matt Ridley in The Edge > > --- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A month old, but I haven't seen it posted yet. (Of > > course, I'm hundreds of > > posts behind again, so if it has, my apologies.) > > Ridley is the author of > > 'Genome' and 'Nature via Nurture'. > > > http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/ridley03/ridley_print.html > > > > Excerpt: > > "What's happened is that genetic changes are > > necessary to enable kinds of > > learning, to enable kinds of nurture, and to enable > > kinds of experience to > > get into the organism. In that sense genes are just > > as important a part of > > the story of nurture as they are the story of > > nature. When you start to see > > it that way, you can resolve the old > > nature-versus-nurture debate, and you > > can instead start to talk about nature via nurture > > instead. > <snip> > > Good article - thanks for posting this.
Ka Wow! Catching up? :-) > And while I first read about it elsewhere, I couldn't > remember the details of the study that correlates a > gene variant (an MAO enzyme) to violent adult > behavior, but _only_ if the child is abused (it's > noted in here). I find the ramifications just fascinating: everything I learned about genetics, biology and 'the way things work' in school is being completely rewritten in favor of a more accurate model. :) > It will be interesting to see what the interactions > are WRT genes/personality/environment. Very. The concept of diseases being caused by a specific combination of environmental factors and gene expression is starting to be examined. IOW, a person may have a genetic tendency to develop a particular disease but won't if a particular stimulus is lacking from their environment Personally, I'm very interested in these studies. My father had MS. Scientists have not yet found a direct genetic link to MS and as a result some neurologists have speculated that environmental factors causing physiological changes may be responsible for the disease. A few more years and they may have it pinned down to something resembling that theory. :) > Debbi > I Ride, Therefore I Am Maru :) I just walk these days. It's less aerobic, but I like it. :) *grin* Jon Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
