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The Resource DNA is not destiny : the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes, Steven J. Heine

DNA is not destiny : the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes, Steven J. Heine

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"Do you fear what might be lurking in your DNA? Well, now you can find out, and you most likely will. Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025, and as the price drops it may even become a standard medical procedure. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we'll do upon receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them completely. We've become accustomed to breathless media coverage about newly discovered "cancer" or "IQ" or "infidelity" genes, each one promising a deeper understanding of what makes us tick. But as Heine shows, most of these claims are oversimplified and overhyped misinterpretations of how our DNA really works. With few exceptions, it is a complex combination of experience, environment, and genetics that determines who we are, how we behave, and what diseases will afflict us in the future. So why do we continue to buy into the belief that our genes control our destiny? Heine argues that we are psychologically ill equipped to deal with DNA results, repeatedly falling into predictable biases--switch-thinking, essentialism, fatalism, negativity dominance, and more--that mold our thinking about the information we receive. Heine shares his research--and his own genome-sequencing results--not only to set the record straight regarding what your genes actually reveal about your health, intelligence, ethnic identity, and family, but also to help you counteract these insidious cognitive traps. His fresh, surprising conclusions about the promise, and limits, of genetic engineering and DNA testing upend conventional thinking and reveal a simple, profound truth: your genes create life--but they do not control it."--Dust jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
344 pages
Contents
  • Introduction
  • How genes make you who you are
  • Your genes, your soul?
  • The oracle at 23andMe : genetic testing and disease
  • Born this way : thinking about gender and sexual orientation
  • Race and ancestry : how our genes connect and divide us
  • Essences and the seductive allure of eugenics
  • A brave new world : engineering better essences
  • Harnessing our essentialist impulses : how should we think about genes?
Isbn
9780393244083
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DNA is not destiny : the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes
Title
DNA is not destiny
Title remainder
the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes
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Steven J. Heine
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"Do you fear what might be lurking in your DNA? Well, now you can find out, and you most likely will. Scientists expect one billion people to have their genomes sequenced by 2025, and as the price drops it may even become a standard medical procedure. Yet cultural psychologist Steven J. Heine argues that the first thing we'll do upon receiving our DNA test results is to misinterpret them completely. We've become accustomed to breathless media coverage about newly discovered "cancer" or "IQ" or "infidelity" genes, each one promising a deeper understanding of what makes us tick. But as Heine shows, most of these claims are oversimplified and overhyped misinterpretations of how our DNA really works. With few exceptions, it is a complex combination of experience, environment, and genetics that determines who we are, how we behave, and what diseases will afflict us in the future. So why do we continue to buy into the belief that our genes control our destiny? Heine argues that we are psychologically ill equipped to deal with DNA results, repeatedly falling into predictable biases--switch-thinking, essentialism, fatalism, negativity dominance, and more--that mold our thinking about the information we receive. Heine shares his research--and his own genome-sequencing results--not only to set the record straight regarding what your genes actually reveal about your health, intelligence, ethnic identity, and family, but also to help you counteract these insidious cognitive traps. His fresh, surprising conclusions about the promise, and limits, of genetic engineering and DNA testing upend conventional thinking and reveal a simple, profound truth: your genes create life--but they do not control it."--Dust jacket
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Heine, Steven J
Dewey number
  • 572.8/6
  • 616.042
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
QH447
LC item number
.H45 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
QU 58.5
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Genes
  • Human genetics
  • Molecular genetics
  • Genetic engineering
  • Genes
  • Genetic engineering
  • Human genetics
  • Molecular genetics
  • HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Genetic
  • MEDICAL / Genetics
  • PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology
  • SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics
  • Human genetics
  • Genetic engineering
  • Genes
  • Genetics, Medical
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetic Engineering
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DNA is not destiny : the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes, Steven J. Heine
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-331) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- How genes make you who you are -- Your genes, your soul? -- The oracle at 23andMe : genetic testing and disease -- Born this way : thinking about gender and sexual orientation -- Race and ancestry : how our genes connect and divide us -- Essences and the seductive allure of eugenics -- A brave new world : engineering better essences -- Harnessing our essentialist impulses : how should we think about genes?
Control code
ocn951070198
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
344 pages
Isbn
9780393244083
Lccn
2017000693
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027108239
Other physical details
illustration
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780393244083
  • (OCoLC)951070198
Label
DNA is not destiny : the remarkable, completely misunderstood relationship between you and your genes, Steven J. Heine
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-331) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- How genes make you who you are -- Your genes, your soul? -- The oracle at 23andMe : genetic testing and disease -- Born this way : thinking about gender and sexual orientation -- Race and ancestry : how our genes connect and divide us -- Essences and the seductive allure of eugenics -- A brave new world : engineering better essences -- Harnessing our essentialist impulses : how should we think about genes?
Control code
ocn951070198
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
344 pages
Isbn
9780393244083
Lccn
2017000693
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40027108239
Other physical details
illustration
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780393244083
  • (OCoLC)951070198

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