“ Life is not found in atoms or molecules or genes as such, but in organization; not in symbiosis but in synthesis. Edwin Grant Conklin
“ Genetics, accidents of birth or events in early childhood have left criminals' brains and bodies with measurable flaws predisposing them to committing assault, murder and other antisocial acts. .... M… Adrian Raine
“ The strange fact that out of millions of people in the world, your mother and father met and decided to get married to each other. And out of the millions of sperm, that the one with your genes was th… A.J. Jacobs
“ TP53 seems to encode the greater good, like a suicide pill in the mouth of a soldier that dissolves only when it detects evidence that he is about to mutiny. Matt Ridley
“ I just wanted to thank you' he says, his voice low.'A group of scientists told you that my genes were damaged, that there was something wrong with me - they showed you the test results that proved it.… Veronica Roth
“ The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life. This project is ambitious but technically feasible. It is also instrumentally… David Pearce
“ Except for the rare cases of plastid inheritance, the inheritance of all known cofactors can be sufficiently accounted for by the presence of genes in the chromosomes. In a word the cytoplasm may be i… Thomas Hunt Morgan
“ Too many of our preferences reflect nasty behaviours and states of mind that were genetically adaptive in the ancestral environment. Instead, wouldn't it be better if we rewrote our own corrupt code? David Pearce
“ The brain is heavily influenced by genes. But from birth through young adulthood, the part of the human brain that most defines us is less a product of the genes with which you started life than of wh… Robert M. Sapolsky
“ Walt Disney had a nuclear imagination before the advent of nuclear, some comprehension of apocalypse and rapture deep in his genes. Steve Erickson
“ Stress can alter the expression of genes, which can affect the response to stress and so on. Human behavior is therefore unpredictable in the short term, but broadly predictable in the long term. Matt Ridley
“ It is in our genes to understand the universe if we can, to keep trying even if we cannot, and to be enchanted by the act of learning all the way. Lewis Thomas
“ The brain is heavily influenced by genes. But from birth through young adulthood, the part of the human brain that most defines us (frontal cortex) is less a product of the genes with which you starte… Robert M. Sapolsky
“ The only thing I hate about good people is that they like making their being good people bad people’s problem. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ To label someone as selfless is symptomatic of having bought the preposterous claim that a human being can have great concern for other human beings and little concern for themselves, or that, when ta… Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ *Prostitution* is a euphemism for rape incidents that the victim and the economy profits from. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
