Biology Quote by Steven Pinker Download Open image “Most intellectuals today have a phobia of any explanation of the mind that invokes genetics.” — Steven Pinker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Biology Explanation Genetics Mind Phobia Psychology Today
“the popular conception of the gene as a simple causal agent is not valid. The idea that there is a gene for adventurousness, heart… — Eva Jablonka Copy Share Image
Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows. — Leon Kass Copy Share Image
“Genetics plays a role in determining who gets an anxiety disorder, what type it is (e.g., worry, compulsive” — Henry Emmons Copy Share Image
Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid fear. Some… — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
It used to be thought that our genes were historically immutable and that it was not possible to imagine a conversation between culture and… — Nicholas A. Christakis Copy Share Image
It is almost as if the human brain were specifically designed to misunderstand Darwinism, and to find it hard to believe — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“natural selection didn’t design your mind to see the world clearly; it designed your mind to have perceptions and beliefs that would help take… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits for people that extend into almost every realm of human… — Anne Wojcicki Copy Share Image
There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics. — Anne Wojcicki Copy Share Image
I don't deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn't because I have a gene for altruism; the… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Genes are mysterious things, still unpredictable after all of our research, flecks of humanity that can destroy lives but, just as often, can teach… — Monica Hesse Copy Share Image
Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Consistent style prevents presentation from getting in the way of content. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and extinguished by… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I've never argued that humans are massively hot-wired. What I was trying to point out was that you can't understand how we learn unless… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Since violence is largely a male pastime, cultures that empower women tend to move away from the glorification of violence and are less likely… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
When it comes to explaining human thought and behavior, the possibility that heredity plays any role at all still has the power to shock.… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Morality is not just any old topic in psychology but close to our conception of the meaning of life. Moral goodness is what gives… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The biblical story of the binding of Isaac shows that human sacrifice was far from unthinkable in the 1st millennium BCE. The Israelites boasted… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Part of the bargain of being alive is that one takes a chance at dying a premature or painful death, be it from violence,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In fact, without a specification of a creature's goals, the very idea of intelligence is meaningless. A toadstool could be given a genius award… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“The obvious cure for the tragic shortcomings of human intuition in a high-tech world is education. And this offers priorities for educational policy: to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
“Toshiaki learned that all living organisms were governed by their DNA. He was impressed by perfection of this system.Why did existence have the ability… — Hideaki Sena Copy Share Image
We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. — Roger Spottiswoode Copy Share Image
Biochemists and biologists who adhere blindly to the Darwinism theory search for results that will be in agreement with their theories and consequently orient… — Pierre-Paul Grasse Copy Share Image
“A note of caution: epigenetics is also on the verge of transforming into a dangerous idea. Epigenetic modifications of genes can potentially superpose historical… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
We are coming to a place where the road ends. From here on out, we will be making the road as we walk it,… — Tom Atlee Copy Share Image