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Lamarck Was Right?!

Thursday, 26 Feb 2009 at 12:38 pm

Epigenetics has fascinating implications. Maybe Lamarck was right, at least a little bit.

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3 Comments

  1. Matt said,

    February 26, 2009 @ 8:32 pm

    Heh, you know. Maybe neo-social-Lamarckism will be the next big “spiritual” movement? At least it’s a step in the right direction. Could bring the idea of directed human progress back into vogue. But please, please, please don’t let a fascist movement get hold of this idea.

  2. Jonathan Blake said,

    February 27, 2009 @ 8:48 am

    It certainly gives people an incentive to get off their ass and do something with themselves. Genes never were destiny, but this naive understanding seems widespread and defeating.

  3. Matt said,

    February 27, 2009 @ 9:43 am

    Yes, and this widespread mis-understanding becomes a strawman for the religious and the free-will crowd to attack Darwinism as false.

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