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[The Conquistador]

What do you think of the theory that our memories are encoded into our DNA in an Assassins Creed sort of way?

[Jenae LaTorque]

Sure it is possible. After all, what we term "natural instinct" would seem to be contained within the genetic code. It is not a far reach to consider the possibility that more individual memories might be encoded there also. Since we really don't understand how information like instinct is encoded there; it is difficult to see how individual memory could be encoded.
However, there are indications that more specific information than instinct is encoded in us. Witness the various cases of twins separated at birth and then reunited many years later. They both owned the same model of car, same breed of dog, their wives look similar, same work field, etc...
As to passing memories on to offspring; only memories prior to the production of the egg or sperm would be conveyed by the respective DNA. Some other means would have to be possible for later memories. A quantum process maybe?? Lots of possibilities have been explored in various novels such as the Dune series by Frank Herbert. In it, the Bene Gesserit sisterhood pass on memories from one to another by mind sharing. Another interesting idea is in Anne Rice's book, The Queen of the Damned, where the sisters belong to a tribe that ritually eat their dead so as to preserve/save their essence.
We are at the frontier of genetic knowledge and who knows what wonders lie over the horizon.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Genetic memory...

There is the mental and there is the physical, the mental is harder to pin down since we can and do change our minds, but physical, there is a definate link.

If a woman wears high heels on a regular basis before she gets pregnant with a daughter, her daughter will have a greater ease in wearring high heels than a daughter of a woman who rarely or ever wore high heels, the same is true for most other physical traits, what the parents can do (on a regular basis) the offspring usually can too, within reason of course, small changes like the high heel example are common, more pronounced and noticable ones are called mutations.

No, i don't mean like X-Men, but they would be very big mutations, bigger than any mutation ever recorded.

JohnDowe.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by johndowe

Hi there.

Genetic memory...

There is the mental and there is the physical, the mental is harder to pin down since we can and do change our minds, but physical, there is a definate link.

If a woman wears high heels on a regular basis before she gets pregnant with a daughter, her daughter will have a greater ease in wearring high heels than a daughter of a woman who rarely or ever wore high heels, the same is true for most other physical traits, what the parents can do (on a regular basis) the offspring usually can too, within reason of course, small changes like the high heel example are common, more pronounced and noticable ones are called mutations.

No, i don't mean like X-Men, but they would be very big mutations, bigger than any mutation ever recorded.

JohnDowe.

This sounds like Lamarck and Lysenko beliefs in the inheritance of acquired characteristics. No scientific research supports this idea.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Whe i was in high school we did genetic experiments, we cross polinated red beans with white ones and the results were 100% predictable the next generations all the beans were red, the next after that was 75% red 25% white.

Also, i took the high heel example because i have a bit of a high heel fetish, and when i asked some girls i knew if they had problems wearing high heels, those who wore them regularily said no, and often stated that their mothers didn't either, while the ones that didn't said that they tried but couldn't and i asked if their moms did and they didn't

Not scientific but, such experiments would take decades to run to term with little chance of getting to the end, since everybody has a life of their own and have "more important" things to do.

JohnDowe.

[Jenae LaTorque]

John, you forgot to mention if you have trouble wearing high heels, and if you asked your dad if he had trouble.

[johndowe]

Hi there.

Love your wit.

Dad, no heels, me, my 5.5" HH boots are comfortable to me, they cost me $300.00 quality males a BIG difference, the girl that sold'em to me at a fetish store was impressed by my proficiency in them, maby dad did wear high heels too?


I believe you gave some Rep points for that post?

Whome ever it was said: "Nice Dom Mistress outfit + your balls are showing!"

Well, i just KNEW i should have worn a longer skirt...

JohnDowe.

[johndowe]

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

John, you forgot to mention if you have trouble wearing high heels, and if you asked your dad if he had trouble.

Hi there.

How about you and your dad?


JohnDowe.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by randolph

This sounds like Lamarck and Lysenko beliefs in the inheritance of acquired characteristics. No scientific research supports this idea.

I may have to take back that statement. A new study called epigenetics reveals that inheritance is not limited to our genes. Studies have shown that effects of exposure to pesticides and other chemicals, such as cancer can be transmitted to future generations. This is very disturbing evidence suggesting that we must be very careful to preserve and protect our epigenome from damage.

[Jenae LaTorque]

In referance to epigenetics

Like A. Pope said, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing..." I get so disgusted with the silly analogies that the God-believers and the Intelligent Design advocates come up with. I recently saw some folksy looking guy explaining on YouTube that since life doesn't spontaneously appear in a jar of peanut butter in a matter of days; then it couldn't have arisen on Earth without a Creator.

I tell you what I would like to see. A nationally televised confrontation between the evolutionists and the Intelligent Designer people. First each side would be allowed to make their case. Then each side would be allowed to refute the other's case. Then both sides would be given lie detector tests on selected questions and then finally each side would be given IQ tests. Now, how do you think that would turn out?

[randolph]

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

Like A. Pope said, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing..." I get so disgusted with the silly analogies that the God-believers and the Intelligent Design advocates come up with. I recently saw some folksy looking guy explaining on YouTube that since life doesn't spontaneously appear in a jar of peanut butter in a matter of days; then it couldn't have arisen on Earth without a Creator.

I tell you what I would like to see. A nationally televised confrontation between the evolutionists and the Intelligent Designer people. First each side would be allowed to make their case. Then each side would be allowed to refute the other's case. Then both sides would be given lie detector tests on selected questions and then finally each side would be given IQ tests. Now, how do you think that would turn out?

I don't think this would work, why? Some of the ID people may be intelligent but they are not capable of being reasonable. They are like the OJ Simpson jury. That jury would have let him off even if they had stood there and watched him do it. Its like the Baptist church sign. they are hopelessly locked in to an irrational paradigm.