Description
In this drawing, the scientist (at bottom left) is studying a "gene". In their depiction of the "gene", the scientist neglects to represent the fact that the environment is what controls the "gene" like a marionette. Much to the detriment of students and other researchers, the scientist defends their genetic reductionism by claiming: "But look at my drawing! All is see is genes!". Peace be with them, for they err and know not....
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"Rationality is what we do to organize the world, to make it possible to predict. Art is the rehearsal for the inapplicability and failure of that process" – Brian Eno
"I learn more from the anatomy of an ant or a blade of grass...than from all the…
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