Saturday, June 6, 2009

Religiousity as a Genetic Predispostion

Yeh, I watched the whole lecture and will probably find the complete set and dive in. The outline for the lecture was included on the bliptv.com page and the inclusion of epileptic seizures as a genetic component of religion caught my attention. It was a joke in progress I never shared with the family.

http://blip.tv/file/2204956/

Some text from the page for context for the video:

Prof. Robert Sapolsky Bio 150/250, Spring 2002 Human Behavioral Biology

The Biology of Religion

I. Some opening caveats, disclaimers and fine print

II. Religion and belief

1. A return to the final question of the schizophrenia lecture

2. Genes and the advantages of intermediate penetrance:Â sickle cell anemia, Tay-Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis....and schizophrenia?

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