Determinism Quote by Robert M. Sapolsky

Genes are not about inevitabilities; they're about potentials and vulnerabilities.

— Robert Sapolsky

It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in…

— Richard Dawkins

“Biological determinism is a blight on science. It implies that the way things are is the way they must be. [...] This position is…

— John Horgan

Recently, results of the Human Genome Project have shattered one of Science's fundamental core beliefs, the concept of genetic determinism. We have been led…

— Bruce H. Lipton

“Thus, for our purposes, genes aren’t about inevitability. Instead they’re about context-dependent tendencies, propensities, potentials, and vulnerabilities. All embedded in the fabric of the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

The future is deterministic in principle, but not in practice.

— David Gilmour

Simple determinism, whether of the genetic or environmental kind, is a depressing prospect for those with a fondness for free will.

— Matt Ridley

“Thus transcription factors regulate genes. What regulates transcription factors? The answer devastates the concept of genetic determinism: the environment.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

It is difficult to imagine a greater imposition than adding genes to future generations that changes the nature of future people.

— Ian Wilmut

I see worries in the fact that we have the power to manipulate genes in ways that would be improbable or impossible through conventional…

— Colin Blakemore

Of course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the "selfish gene" thesis doesn't explain everything.

— Jane Goodall