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These days, it seems like all we're talking about is genetics.

We've had shows about CRISPR.

We've had shows about gene editing our babies.

We've had shows on gene editing livestock, even those personalized DNA tests we've

talked about extensively.

All of these discussions are basically poking at the same question. Why are we the way we are?

And can we change that at all? Yeah. And then there's all these new findings that show that things

that we think really define us are not written into our DNA, that these are social constructs,

not something that is in our genes. I totally agree. I think we need to back up from DNA for a

second because our reliance on DNA giving us the complete picture might be a little misplaced.

And before you say I'm going into epigenetics, I'm not, because our guest this week has an old

idea for us to get us back on track. How about we talk heredity? Because that's how we've

been tackling this question for centuries, like from growing plants to how we look and behave.

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