[P2P-F] Fwd: The Meaning of Life (Part I)

Tue Mar 21 12:50:54 CET 2017

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From: Jonathan Latham <jrlatham at bioscienceresource.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 8:07 AM
Subject: The Meaning of Life (Part I)
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Dear Friends and Colleagues

Published today (Tuesday 21st March, 2017) by *Independent Science News*

*The Meaning of Life (Part I)*
by Jonathan Latham, PhD

https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/the-meaning-of-life-part-i/

*Synopsis:* In a previous article I showed that DNA does not deserve its
reputation as a biological "master molecule" and that it has no special
powers of organismal control. To prove it, in diverse disciplines
of biology, compelling alternative explanations of biological phenomena—as
properties of systems and not genes—are emerging that refute traditional
thinking. This paradigm-shifting conclusion, outlined in Genetics Is Giving
Way to a New Science of Life
<https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/genetics-is-giving-way-to-a-new-science-of-life/>,
nevertheless begs an obvious question. If the role of a master molecule was
truly scientifically undeserved, how could DNA ever be considered to occupy
it?
The answer, it turns out, is that DNA has a fascinating but little-known
scientific history. It was consciously fashioned into its role by wealthy
institutions who were helped by influential scientists. This remarkable
historical manipulation of the science of genetics is solidly documented
and it explains how DNA emerged as a master molecule even in the absence of
the necessary scientific evidence. This aspect of DNA has been largely
ignored by historians of science who have assumed that this manipulation
was tangential to the history of biology and merely sped up the inevitable
discovery and understanding of DNA. The new developments in systems biology
show, instead, that this manipulation subverted the whole course of
scientific history and turned biology, in effect, on its head.

Please share this article if you like it.

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan

Jonathan Latham, PhD
Executive Director
The Bioscience Resource Project
Ithaca, NY 14850 USA

www.independentsciencenews.org
and
www.bioscienceresource.org

jrlatham at bioscienceresource.org
Skype: jonathanlatham2
Tel: 1-607-319-0279

“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits
and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic
society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society
constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of
our country.”—Edward Bernays, Propaganda

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