Re: [political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-10 Thread tigerbengalis
The difference being, of course, that the Wright Brothers early work got off the ground. But if youre eagerly awaiting the imminent arrival of Jurassic Park, be my guest--but make sure you stay in at night! Sean McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've got a feel

Re: [political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-09 Thread Sean McBride
I've got a feeling that you're not going to be a mover and shaker on the cutting edge of genetic research and genetic engineering. This is like pooh-poohing the field of aeronautical engineering as having little potential just after the Wright Brothers' early flights. This is a field of endeav

Re: [political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-09 Thread tigerbengalis
Actually its kinda been dead in the water once the hoopla over the human genome sequencing passed and scientists got down to nuts and bolts. Anyway, we can already "program life forms with the same skill that we now create computer programs," and in fact have done it for quite a while. It's cal

Re: [political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-09 Thread Sean McBride
Behavioral genetics is yesterday's flash in the pan rock star? I doubt it. There is a huge momentum in this field that will carry it forward for decades and centuries to come. It is possible that we will learn how to program life forms with the same skill that we now create computer programs.

Re: [political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-09 Thread tigerbengalis
There's nothing wrong with the article, any more than there is nothing wrong with an article with an article from 2002 promoting a new rock group that's being touted as the next supergroup, but which winds out disappearing from public view within a few years. Same with the attempts by Hamer disc

Re: [political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-09 Thread Sean McBride
Ok -- what's wrong with this particular article? tigerbengalis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Actually, I very much consider the American Psychological Association to be on the fringe, at least scientifically speaking. I'm not a science worshipper, and find plenty p

Re: [political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-09 Thread tigerbengalis
Actually, I very much consider the American Psychological Association to be on the fringe, at least scientifically speaking. I'm not a science worshipper, and find plenty problematic with Big Science, but no one in the scientific community would consider the APA terribly relevant to scientific c

[political-research] Behavioral Genetics (Searching for Genes that Explain Our Personalities)

2007-07-09 Thread Sean McBride
[Behavioral genetics is very mainstream these days -- unless you consider the American Psychological Association to be on the fringe.] http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep02/genes.html APA Monitor on Psychology Volume 33, No. 8 September 2002 APA forms working group on genetics research issues Membe