John Cleese on the God gene
Scientific reductionism made, as you would expect, absurd
Scientists now know that there is a precise spot in the brain which disposes people to look for John Cleese videos on YouTube. In this one he definitively demonstrates that all human behaviour can be traced to some gene or other.
Michael Cook
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Michael Cook edits BioEdge, a bioethics newsletter, and MercatorNet, an on-line magazine whose focus is human dignity. He writes from Sydney, Australia.
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