The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeab — Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
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The contrast between genetic and environmental, between nature and nurture, is not a contrast between fixed and changeable. It is a fallacy of biological determinism to say that if differences are in the genes, no change can occur.

— Richard C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology: The Doctrine of DNA
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