whygetfat on Nostr: "In this image [Life magazine cover with the double helix] 'Were You Born That Way?' ...
"In this image [Life magazine cover with the double helix] 'Were You Born That Way?' it reveals our belief that all of your traits, physical, behavioral, emotional are all programmed in the DNA. When we were teaching this in the school we call it Genetic Determinism: genes control and determine the character of your life.
"But you didn't pick the genes you came with, you can't change the genes you came with, so you become a victim of your heredity. If cancer is running in your family, or heart disease is running in your family, you believe that you will be a victim of the same disease. So science teaches you that the genes are the controlling device and that makes you powerless. When people believe they are powerless they become irresponsible. […]
"What we were teaching in medical school is conventional belief that the medical model is that you are a biochemical machine controlled by genes. The significance of that is (this is a based on logic): If a healing profession works in agreement with nature and science then that healing profession should be a benefit to the patients. But if a healing profession does not understand science and nature then it may be a detriment to the patient.
"The leading causes of death in the United States are as follows: #3: cancer, with 553,000 people die every year. #2: cardiovascular disease, with 700,000 people die every year. And the leading cause of death is called iatrogenic illness, and what that means is illness due to medical treatment. 784,000 people die every year from medical treatment, not from the disease, but from the treatment of the disease. Over 300,000 people die from prescription drugs. [Death by Medicine, Gary Null PhD, et al.]
"So the belief in the medical model [that you are a biochemical machine controlled by genes] is false."
Bruce Lipton, PhD @ 12:11–14:42 (posted 2014-12-21) https://youtu.be/82ShSNuru6c&t=731
"But you didn't pick the genes you came with, you can't change the genes you came with, so you become a victim of your heredity. If cancer is running in your family, or heart disease is running in your family, you believe that you will be a victim of the same disease. So science teaches you that the genes are the controlling device and that makes you powerless. When people believe they are powerless they become irresponsible. […]
"What we were teaching in medical school is conventional belief that the medical model is that you are a biochemical machine controlled by genes. The significance of that is (this is a based on logic): If a healing profession works in agreement with nature and science then that healing profession should be a benefit to the patients. But if a healing profession does not understand science and nature then it may be a detriment to the patient.
"The leading causes of death in the United States are as follows: #3: cancer, with 553,000 people die every year. #2: cardiovascular disease, with 700,000 people die every year. And the leading cause of death is called iatrogenic illness, and what that means is illness due to medical treatment. 784,000 people die every year from medical treatment, not from the disease, but from the treatment of the disease. Over 300,000 people die from prescription drugs. [Death by Medicine, Gary Null PhD, et al.]
"So the belief in the medical model [that you are a biochemical machine controlled by genes] is false."
Bruce Lipton, PhD @ 12:11–14:42 (posted 2014-12-21) https://youtu.be/82ShSNuru6c&t=731