Quotes by Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History

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If we define "beauty" as having blue eyes (and only blue eyes), then we will, indeed, find a "gene for beauty." If we de — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
Without equality, he argued, eugenics would degenerate into yet another mechanism by which the powerful could control th — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
Intelligence...[is] not marathon rac[e]: there is no fixed criteria for success, no start or finish lines -- and running — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
Freaks become norms, and norms become extinct. Monster by monster, evolution advanced — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
Natures and features last until the grave — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
History repeats itself, in part because the genome repeats itself. And the genome repeats itself, in part because histor — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
If the history of the last century taught us the dangers of empowering governments to determine genetic “fitness” (i.e., — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
Scientists divide. We discriminate. It is the inevitable occupational hazard of our profession that we must break the wo — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
McKusick's belief in this paradigm-the focus on disability rather than abnormalcy-was actualized in the treatment of pat — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
The problem with racial discrimination, though, is not the inference of a person's race from their genetic characteristi — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History
When scientists underestimate complexity, they fall prey to the perils of unintended consequences. The parables of such — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Gene: An Intimate History