File spoon-archives/bhaskar.archive/bhaskar_2004/bhaskar.0405, message 8


From: "Mike Jones" <Mike.Jones-AT-woofumdust.com>
Subject: RE: BHA: RE: Concrete utopia
Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 15:57:57 -0600


That might be the case, but it does not alter the structure, it just alters
the interaction between the genetic material and its environment. Or so I
think. I am not an expert in this area. Is there any evidence that the
actual genetic structure can be modified "naturally"?

Mike

> 
> Mike Jones wrote:
> >
> > It was not my intention to suggest that sitting in a chair and thinking
> > would alter my genetics. My human body does not have the power to do
> that.
> > At best, it might affect an already existing mechanism within its
> ability to
> > be influenced, such as influencing the immune system through thought
> > processes.
> 
> Don't be so sure that sitting in your chair _can't_ effect your
> genetics. Genes have to be turned on, and social experiences or
> individual practice can (and often does) determine which genes get
> turned on and which genes don't get turned on.
> 
> Carrol
> 
> 
> 
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