{"id":2435,"date":"2013-04-10T10:16:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=2435"},"modified":"2013-04-10T10:16:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T14:16:13","slug":"read-this-before-you-read-another-story-on-epigenetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/04\/10\/read-this-before-you-read-another-story-on-epigenetics\/","title":{"rendered":"Read this before you read another story on epigenetics"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Download the Universe, i09 editor Annalee Newitz critiques a new e-book about epigenetics \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the science of how environmental factors can influence genetic expression \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and violence<\/a>. The book makes some pretty terrible (and non-scientific) insinuations about the idea of an inherent propensity towards violence and Newitz does a good job of both taking down the specific book and explaining the nuance behind a complicated topic. <\/p>\n

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At Download the Universe, i09 editor Annalee Newitz critiques a new e-book about epigenetics \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the science of how environmental factors can influence genetic expression \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and violence. The book makes some pretty terrible (and non-scientific) insinuations about the idea of an inherent propensity towards violence and Newitz does a good job of both taking … <\/p>\n

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