Sunday, September 26, 2021

Of mice, men and cherry blossom


Evidence for Lamarckism? Or as the old heresy is apparently called today, "transgenerational epigenetic inheritence". Note that the studies were made on mice, not people. But why cherry blossom, I wonder?

"Memories" pass between generations

5 comments:

  1. Red somewhere that in some african cultiures where slavery very recently where abolished, people Believe it takes several generations of non slavery before the offspring of slaves lose their "slave charisma" that makes it hard for them to stand up for themselves.
    Depressing if true.

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  2. I sometimes wonder why Carribeans and Nigerians (Ibo?) are more succesful in America than Black Americans (if true). Some kind of psychology? Or something else? Black Americans never had their own independent state, for instance.

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  3. If you dont count Liberia but that didnt went very well. General Butt Naked makes ToB seen like boy scouts:
    https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/the-redemption-of-general-butt-naked-1117944302/

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  4. Aha, the notorious cannibal transvestite warlord. Must be a complete sociopath. Had I been superstitious, I´d say he´s a re-incarnation of this guy:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais

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  5. Abomnible man as well but not "gangsta" like Mr Butt Naked.

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