I thought I had a book with a chapter on vertical log building but can't
find it; maybe it was borrowed from a library. Anyways, do you have any
recommended websites or books about it?
From Clansgian AT wmconnect.com Tue Dec 12 10:15:49 2006Return-Path: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
I can agree with the idea that lifestyle choices affect risk. No
argument there. My problem was in the "absoluteness" that you and Gene
seem to expound upon.
Wait, you were the one who said genetics doesn't matter that personal
choices determine disease, now you are saying that one *can* be
predisposed??
override genetics, to me, that's the equivalent of believing in the use
of faith healing/curing....it works for a small minority, but overall,
it only works slightly better than chance.
My family history makes for a strong genetic case, but not so strong a
case for the 'lifestyle choices' argument.
Nowhere in your note did you prove that "lifestyle choice" provides
better odds than "modern medicine".
_I_ was talking about genetic predisposition, not prevention or cures.
IMO, you equated genetics with astrology, the former being a
"hard/objective biological science" that is really not all that
interpretive(you either have a gene or you don't) and the other being a
"soft/ambiguous pseudo-science"
> But what I find unfathomable is the hot and quick defense of the role
> of genetics in something like ovarian cancer and yet an activity > that increases the odds of contracting and dying from the disease by > 50% is dismissed lightly rather than an abstenance from it being > championed.
Tell it to my dead non-smoking grandmothers and great aunts.
Bev, off to go light up.
--
BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm NW Georgia USDA Zone 7
34.498N 85.076W Bev is Earth, Ron is Sky
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