#heredity

[danskjavlarna]

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Vintage, rare Dr. Seuss finds.

[philosophybits]

The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureate.

Thomas Paine, Rights of Man

[facts-i-just-made-up]

can you tell us about the Gregor Mendella effect?

A lot of people think he invented doms, but really he just liked peas. Some joke this means this distorted memory means that the universe has split in two.

[gregor-samsung]

Birthmarked (Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, 2018)

[cynosurus]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

And, this is what it picked for me, I must question the wisdom of that stupid egg.

[augmentedpolls]

yes or no, do you have the cilantro soap gene

Does cilantro taste like soap to you?

yes

nope

ummm…I have no idea

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Voting ended onOct 8, 2024

[lindahall]

Francis Galton – Scientist of the Day

Francis Galton, an English social scientist, was born Feb. 16, 1822, in Birmingham.

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