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Walker thinks that our understanding of life, as a phenomenon, is right now where we were with gravity before Newton. We can describe what we see, but we have no sense of the underlying principles—we just see an apple falling to the ground. She thinks that without a theory, a deeper understanding of what life is, the search for it beyond Earth is p
... See moreJaime Green • The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
David Freedman, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science,” Atlantic, October 4, 2010, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269/.
Leslie F. Stebbins • Finding Reliable Information Online: Adventures of an Information Sleuth
“Genes don’t operate in a vacuum. That’s the main thing we’ve learned from gene studies…. Genes are turned on and off in response to environmental input.”
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Martin Bojowald, Once before Time, is one of the most recent proponents of this approach.2
Peter Baksa • The Point of Power
But we now know that experiences do significantly determine which genes are allowed to operate in your body.
Steven Hayes • A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to ACT
Heliotherapy, A. Rollier MD (Oxford Medical Publications, 1923) The Science of Orgasm, Barry R. Komisaruk et al (John Hopkins University Press, 2006) The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles, Bruce H. Lipton (Hay House, 2005)
Tony Riddle • Be More Human
Abigail Desmond • Chaos and cause
In The Wizard and the Prophet, Lynn Margulis is indeed quoted as comparing humans to bacteria in a petri dish, warning that humanity could overrun the planet and exhaust its resources, leading to collapse. Charles C. Mann opens the book with a quote from Margulis, whom he admires as “one of the most important biologists in the last half century,” a
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