Dear Friends and Colleagues Cornell students led by undergraduate in nutrition science, Pooja Gajjar (Contact: pg...@cornell.edu <mailto:pg...@cornell.edu>), are holding a series of talks at Cornell called the CORNELL PEACE talks
Dates, speakers, location, and titles, are: Jonathan Latham, PhD What is Life? Science and Power in the 21st Century Thu Mar 22 2018 7:00PM - 9:00PM RCK102 Michael Klaper MD, What the Health film screening and Q&A Wed Apr 18 2018 5:00PM - 7:35PM GSHG64 Prof T. Colin Campbell, Nutritional Science—Is it understood & is it doing what it should be doing? Wed Apr 25 2018 7:00PM - 9:00PM GSHG64 Dr Milton Mills, Racial and Ethnic Bias in the US Dietary Guidelines Wed May 2 2018 7:00PM - 9:00PM GSHG64 Please see the attached flyer, share this email, and consider attending these exciting examples of student-led education PS What is Life? Science and Power in the 21st Century: In this talk I will be addressing the role of genetics in science and society. I will propose that prominent biological notions such as the idea of DNA as a "master molecule", the "genetic code”, and the idea of a "genetic programme” that guides organism development, along with other basic elements of modern biology, are not evidence-based explanations of the natural world but rather are ideological constructs. These intrusions of ideology into science exist because twisting biology—and thus our understanding of life itself—into a genecentric conformation is necessary to support ancient social norms of nationalism, patriarchy, racism, inheritance of wealth, and hierarchy. Necessary, since these social norms all share as their key assumption the primacy of heritage. This is an important thesis. I will show in the talk that it is powerfully supported by modern biological research and by abundant historical evidence. (Thu Mar 22 2018 7:00PM - 9:00PM RCK102). Yours Jonathan Jonathan Latham, PhD Executive Director The Bioscience Resource Project Ithaca, NY 14850 USA Websites: www.independentsciencenews.org <http://www.independentsciencenews.org/> www.bioscienceresource.org <http://www.bioscienceresource.org/> www.poisonpapers.org <http://www.poisonpapers.org/> jrlat...@bioscienceresource.org <mailto:jrlat...@bioscienceresource.org> Skype: jonathanlatham2 Tel: 1-607-319-0279 Twitter and Facebook: @Biosrp “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.”—Edward Bernays, Propaganda For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
