The Ghost in our Genes
Our genes carry unbelievable information of our past. And it is this genetic information, that affects our present, because the only way forward is to look into the past. This documentary film explains genetic science and it’s impact on our future life.
A gene is the basic unit of heredity in a living organism. The field of genetics predates modern molecular biology, but it is now known that all living things depend on DNA to pass on their traits to offspring.
Genetics is a discipline of biology and the science of heredity and variation in living organisms. The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding.
However, the modern science of genetics, which seeks to understand the process of inheritance, only began with the work of Gregor Mendel in the mid-nineteenth century. Although he did not know the physical basis for heredity, Mendel observed that organisms inherit traits in a discrete manner-these basic units of inheritance are now called genes.
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Sorry to disappoint these revolutionaries but Samuel Hahnemann described exactly this in his theory of Miasms and it forms the basis of homeopathy: that the diseases we have today are an imprint of the untreated illnesses of generations going back much further than a couple of generations. I suggest you all read his Organon as he deduced much more than you have yet discovered and told of in this documentary, and he did it in the 18th century.
Except that homeopathy is a bunch of woo-woo nonsense without any experimental evidence at all.
Wow! Phenomenal documentary!
What will all the kids of Meth addicts and the such be like for generations to come? It is so important to choose a spouse carefully, if you can for your kid’s sake as well as your own.
I’m sorry to hear about the potential dangers of IVF. That’s too bad.
Thanks Vlatko!
This documentary leaves a “doom and gloom” affect. If this theory is true then the opposite could be true. For example, better diets and economic prosperity could lead to more healthy offsprings.
this could make terrorism even more profitable. not only will wars be waged (which is terribly profitable for certain groups)but now drug companies can use horrible propaganda to maintain that a group will have offspring with increased stress response for many generation,thereby ensuring that they can sell their “cure” for years and years. governing agents have been using this stuff for years, using fear to guide the minds. now we have a clue to how this may work at the molecular level.
During my pregnancy, my husband listened to extremely loud music…loud enough to shake the windows for up to 6 hours a day. Our son was born with extra skin around his ears–on both ears…by skin, i mean stubs of protruding skin to protect his ears. Therefore, I am in agreement, that environmental factors can and do affect children in the womb
your husband sounds like a douche.
I was blown awa , this could be a revolutionary piece of the puzzle. Amazing documentary thank you for sharing.
@ Eric Howe,
“Except that homeopathy is a bunch of woo-woo nonsense without any experimental evidence at all.”
I see now that you feel very comfortable in your little box. What is it that you think you understand? You think knowing a thing or two about science makes you an expert on whatever?
I actually feel like slapping you and sending you to your room until you learn some decency and “civil discourse”. What a p…ck
The information presented was done in a clear and easy to follow manner. Speculations were stated as so, and the ideas and theories presented were reasonably supported. Obviously more work needs to be done, but it certainly seems compelling to continue researching it.
I didn’t have major issues entertaining the ideas presented in this documentary. Fascinating for sure.
Now I’m just brainstorming here but…
Passing knowledge down from one generation to the next does seem possible, don’t some plants and animals seem to demonstrate this? Couldn’t what we think of mutations in the evolutionary process really be some form of epigenetics?
What if what we thought was a mutation, pure luck for some “adapted” species, was actually created as a result of the surroundings through epigenetics or “intentional” gene mutation. When I say intentional, I mean specifically that plants may create ways to ensure its usefulness to other biological systems.
Plants are known to carry viruses. Couldn’t they be the reason for a gene mutation within say a hummingbird to grow a larger beak? Or maybe through a process like epigenetics suggested in this documentary?
I guess what I’m wondering is could mutations that happen for a species to survive, actually be caused by the surrounding environment. The environment would actually produce the necessary changes (i.e. turning on or off specific genes) so future species can adapt.
This documentary seems to suggest that information or knowledge can pass down.
I am showing my ignorance in most of this, but just ideas really.
@ WTC7 its easy to start name calling but if anyone could explain in detail how homeopathy works or show evidence that it works in blind tests or whatever then maybe people who consider themselves of a ‘scientific’ mindset (in other words rational and evidence based) would be more open to debate
“I actually feel like slapping you and sending you to your room until you learn some decency and “civil discourse”. What a p…ck”
not exactly compelling evidence
Interesting documentary anyway i watched like half of it the other day and now cant find where I was up to god damnit, I always do this
help me here guys – I thought everyone knew what happened (stress, toxic substances, mindset) etc to previous generations would effect future generations – I’m epileptic so are other family members – going back to great grandparents – (we always say the gene pool was a bit shallow at our end) – and if its outside factors (war, famine) causing gene ‘damage’ maybe thats why baby boomers were all peace and love because their parents had to kill people in the war and our grandchildren etc will save the planet cos their genes will be affected by what we are going through now. Which sounds to me like our genes evolving to set up the next generation for stress/survival. Good doco anyway.
hi Eric Howe why don’t you take yourself a homeo drug capsicum in a hundred thousand (cm) potency to disprove homeopathy? read organon read materia medica. still if u can’t makeup your mind i can’t help.
NOVA on PBS did a very similar program
Has identical twins comparing their epigenome, including a pair one with cancer the other without; one with autism the other without. It also has some info about therapy to turn genes off/on.
“the-ghost-in-your-genes” video at isn’t online at PBS but here is the transcript:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3413_genes.html
and here is the video online:
http://en.sevenload.com/videos/tX02lnf-Nova-The-Ghost-In-Your-Genes-1-6
Homeopathy doesn’t work
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/homeopathy-test/
At the “prescribed concentration” a single drop in the ocean would be about right. What chemical would be useful in that concentration?