Rick, Thanks for the website. I'll have a look later. Just out of interest, I remember you come from Hawaii. Is that correct? Remi.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Monteverde Sent: 09 January 2006 21:28 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: Rupert Sheldrake Lots of that about. Try www.panspermia.com - R. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:57 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Rupert Sheldrake OK, You caught me p.ssing about and dossing today. Here's a semi serious one: They imply that there is a genetic mechanism other than sexual selection. This one is going on about smoking knocking off methyl groups on DNA and the effects persisting for generations. Sounds like Sheldrake's acquired characteristics to me - definitely non-Darwinian. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18925334.000;jsessionid=NJMKLCBMNH FF I like the way the establishment kinda subsumes controversial stuff quietly without ever admitting it was wrong. Same old some old is the Americanism, I think. Remi. ....................................... Website http://luna.bton.ac.uk/~roc1 .......................................