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Nick Arnett wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*, quite a few people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion as such first. I'd wish you luck with that, but it wouldn't be sincere. Perhaps they can figure out how to turn off greed. OTOH, considering the totalitarian approach to genetic disorders, isn't it more likely that, since the majority of the population is religious, a drug will be developed that will cure _atheism_? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On 13 Dec 2007, at 08:49, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*, quite a few people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion as such first. I'd wish you luck with that, but it wouldn't be sincere. Perhaps they can figure out how to turn off greed. OTOH, considering the totalitarian approach to genetic disorders, isn't it more likely that, since the majority of the population is religious, a drug will be developed that will cure _atheism_? But they wouldn't be able to agree which religion to afflict the faith- free with and it would end up in internecine squabbling. Divide and conquer Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Two years from now, spam will be solved. - Bill Gates, 2004 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:57 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 13 Dec 2007, at 08:49, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*, quite a few people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion as such first. I'd wish you luck with that, but it wouldn't be sincere. Perhaps they can figure out how to turn off greed. OTOH, considering the totalitarian approach to genetic disorders, isn't it more likely that, since the majority of the population is religious, a drug will be developed that will cure _atheism_? But they wouldn't be able to agree which religion to afflict the faith- free with and it would end up in internecine squabbling. Score 3: funny I would agree, except that the kind that engages in eugenics and the like rarely have a problem picking their fanaticism: they generally know _exactly_ what they want you to think. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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OTOH, considering the totalitarian approach to genetic disorders, isn't it more likely that, since the majority of the population is religious, a drug will be developed that will cure _atheism_? Alberto Monteiro It's called LSD... The first time I tripped in 1965. i traveled in time and space, and evolved from single cell to gawd consciousness. unfortunately, it wore off... JLM - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/round-2-turning-heterosexuality-on-and-off/index.html?ex=1355115600en=38fcd780de0fc997ei=5090partner=rssuserlandemc=rss DECEMBER 12, 2007, 2:28 PMRound 2: Turning Heterosexuality On and Off By JOHN TIERNEY TAGS: BIOETHICS, HOMOSEXUALITY The post about using a drug to changing the sexual orientation of fruit flies — and some day, perhaps, of humans — generated lots of indignant reactions and questions about the research. I asked David Featherstone, one of the authors of the paper in Nature Neuroscience, to respond to Lab readers. Here’s what Dr. Featherstone, a neuroscientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has to say: The response to our research has been fascinating, and highlights the giant gap between what neuroscientists already know and what the public believes. To other neuroscientists, the main shocker from our work is that a glial cell amino acid transporter is regulating information processing by alteringambient extracellular glutamate. According to scientific dogma, glial cells play little or no role in information processing in the brain, and ‘ambient extracellular glutamate’ is generally thought to be an experimental artifact — a sign that researchers screwed up their analytical chemistry. The fact that the processes we describe happen to regulate sexual behavior is really of little importance to most neuroscientists (although we dorky scientists are titillated as much as anyone when reading about ‘genital licking’). The fact is, ‘gay genes’ have been known to exist for a long time, in flies and other animals, including humans. Genetic links to all sorts of human traits have been identified. A widely used, extremely useful database of human traits with a genetic basis is Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM), which can be accessed here. This database has entries for devastating neurological disorders, such as schizophrenia and autism, but also things like pathological gambling, attention deficit disorder, eye color, arm folding preference, and homosexuality. Some of these conditions are things we obviously want to ‘cure’. Others are not. Regardless, information on all of them is accumulating to the point where drug treatment approaches could be designed. A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! In the water Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. - Bill Gates, 1987 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Dec 12, 2007 4:53 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*, quite a few people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion as such first. I'd wish you luck with that, but it wouldn't be sincere. Perhaps they can figure out how to turn off greed. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On 13 Dec 2007, at 01:58, Nick Arnett wrote: On Dec 12, 2007 4:53 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*, quite a few people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion as such first. I don't see why you need to agree to be cured. Fight the zombie hordes Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. - Bill Gates, 1987 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Dec 12, 2007, at 5:53 PM, William T Goodall wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! Yes, because sexual orientation and religion/atheism have so much in common, don't they? I mean, anything that seems even slightly outre must be some kind of disorder that needs to be cured, according to someone -- anyone -- possibly even something as facile and malleable as social whim. Funny how the history of the DSM seems to be so relevant all of a sudden. -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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At 06:53 PM Wednesday 12/12/2007, William T Goodall wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! In the water Maru Usually that is where you are supposed to get it . . . Dunk 'Em All And Let God Sort It Out Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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In the water Maru Usually that is where you are supposed to get it . . . Dunk 'Em All And Let God Sort It Out Maru -- Ronn! :) or waterboard... jlm Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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At 07:58 PM Wednesday 12/12/2007, Nick Arnett wrote: On Dec 12, 2007 4:53 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A drug to cure those afflicted with religion might not be far off! Considering that this is about genetic links to *disorders*, quite a few people in addition you would have to agree to redefine religion as such first. I'd wish you luck with that, but it wouldn't be sincere. Perhaps they can figure out how to turn off greed. Nick If they can take time out from more pressing research: http://feeds.inventorspot.com/~r/inventorspot/articles/~3/199304203/scientists_create_glowinthedark__9191 http://feeds.inventorspot.com/~r/inventorspot/articles/~3/199304203/scientists_create_glowinthedark__9191 -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
