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Your article on molecular biologist Dean Hamer's discovery of a gene for spirituality, the so-called God gene, put too much emphasis on the religious aspect of spirituality [Oct. 25]. While such a gene may very well cause those who carry it to experience self-transcendence and to have a feeling of connectedness to a larger universe, that does not always translate into religious beliefs. I tend to get caught up in an experience, have fleeting revelations and insights and feel connected to the world outside me, all of which, according to your article, are indications of spirituality. Having...
Jane Blocker of the University of Minnesota took the assembled crowd in a completely different direction than traitorous produce. Her lecture “The Shame of Biological Being: Ann Hamilton, Molecular Biology, and the Flush of Subjectivity” discussed renowned artist Hamilton’s installation of an interactive lighting piece on the new molecular biology building of the University of Minnesota...
Nowhere has that idea received a more intriguing going-over than in the recently published book The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes (Doubleday; 256 pages), by molecular biologist Dean Hamer. Chief of gene structure at the National Cancer Institute, Hamer not only claims that human spirituality is an adaptive trait, but he also says he has located one of the genes responsible, a gene that just happens to also code for production of the neurotransmitters that regulate our moods. Our most profound feelings of spirituality, according to a literal reading of Hamer's work...
...WORKS: Cosentino's Silestone is made by compressing natural crystal quartz at the molecular level. In the process, the microbe-resistant agent is bonded to the rock so the countertop has a germ-fighting property when cut, shaped or even chipped...
...handful of familiar names are among the committee members, including Jay M. Harris, professor of Near Eastern languages and civilizations, Eric Jacobsen, professor of chemical and cellular biology and Richard M. Losick, professor of molecular and cellular biology. Harris, Jacobsen and Losick all served as co-chairs on last year’s committees...