Event Date:
Monday, March 28th 2016, 8:00pmWednesday, March 28, 2007, 7pm
J. K. Russell Fellowship Forum, Genetic Futures and our Search for Wisdom, with Dr. Celia Deane-Drummond
Lecture and Discussion
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA
This lecture begins with an overview of the meteoric rise in genetic science over the last half century. The potential impact on all life forms—from microbes to humans--is enormous. The medical applications of genetic science sit uneasily in the shadow of eugenic practices of the last century. Geneticists are more modest today about the evolutionary potential...