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**rJohutozsfds** · 07-09-2006, 08:29 AM

This is a response to the interesting genetic dynamics presented by Sri Venkataraman.

I don't know much about genetics but I find it a bit difficult to endorse the idea that the genetic materials of women contribute to nothing more than physical attributes. This does not explain how and why in one single house some siblings have the father's character and others have the mother's character.

It also does not explain how sometimes the son of an alcoholic does not wind up an alcoholic. To use an example from mythology - Prahalada was the son of Hiranyakashipu. Yet he showed no signs of the Asura nature of Hiranyakashipu. Similarly Rama was the son of Dasharata - yet Dasharata had four wives and Rama was strictly monogamous. I am not saying Prahalada and Rama inherited qualities of their mother but if the Y chromosome is the ONLY source of character then these are very honorable exceptions indeed.

07-09-2006, 08:29 AM	#12
rJohutozsfds Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 515 Senior Member	This is a response to the interesting genetic dynamics presented by Sri Venkataraman. I don't know much about genetics but I find it a bit difficult to endorse the idea that the genetic materials of women contribute to nothing more than physical attributes. This does not explain how and why in one single house some siblings have the father's character and others have the mother's character. It also does not explain how sometimes the son of an alcoholic does not wind up an alcoholic. To use an example from mythology - Prahalada was the son of Hiranyakashipu. Yet he showed no signs of the Asura nature of Hiranyakashipu. Similarly Rama was the son of Dasharata - yet Dasharata had four wives and Rama was strictly monogamous. I am not saying Prahalada and Rama inherited qualities of their mother but if the Y chromosome is the ONLY source of character then these are very honorable exceptions indeed.
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