>In a message dated 2/8/00 5:50:41 AM Dateline Standard Time,
>Susan-Brassfield@ou.edu writes:
>
>>The mind/body connection is rather obvious in some cases. Schizophrenia and
>>depression are often successfully treated with drugs. Homosexuality is not
>>considered a pathology by the APA but it does seem to run in families as
>>does alcoholism. The genetic marker thing is probably part of the Human
>>Genome Project which is already helping scientists understand the human
>>body better than they ever have before.
MikeBGene:
>Lot's of things run in families - political preferences, wealth, religious
>belief,
>favorite football teams, etc. Running in a familiy is no indicator you have
>a genetic trait.
I agree! but it's interesting that sometimes we discover that things that
seemed to be "environment" are actually something genetic. I have a feeling
someone with a genetic predisposition to alcoholism (for example) but isn't
in a drinking environment may never become an alcoholic.
>>Other than the fact that you hate psychiatry and science, I don't see what
>>your problem is here. Shall we not diagnose and treat people who are ill?
>
>See the movie GATTACA for a nice illustration of the problem here.
I've heard about it--genetic "enhancement"? something like that as I recall.
Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
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