To say that the only way to generate economic activity in our current environment is to appease and give concessions to foreigners, so that they may in turn employ us, is quite frankly the most absurd, intellectually bankrupt proposition I have ever heard. Underlying this, subtly, is the quiet belief that the Bahamian people ain't worth sh#t, and underlying this, deeper still, is a belief that Africans ain't worth sh#t. Got to call folks in to get us into order...because clearly we can't manage our own affairs. i reject it! If, after 44 years of independence, the best idea you can come up with is to go back to the apartheid era policies around skilled labour immigration, it is clearly time to demit your post be it a position of power and impact.
Banker, Let me take each point in turn. 1. Dutch famine- yes it caused damaged babies in part due to epigenetic dysregulation due to nutrient privation (remember that the body needs certain nutrients to ensure epigenetic balance): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2542… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1895… Epigenetic transmission in humans is not pseudo-scientific and is supported by a mass of data...it may be 'nascent' and there may some who disagree on individual points, but a reasonable scientific conclusion can be drawn from the extant data. Many many respected geneticists and other scientists are involved in this field of study. The data in animal studies (particularly rodents) are even more voluminous. Please see the work by Michael Skinner's group at Washington State Univ... Indeed, it would be pseudo-scientific to outrightly discount this mountain of evidence from both animals and humans...I would suggest you re-visit the more recent literature on this point. 2. Dr Rachel Yehuda of Mount Sinai Medical School has long studied the epigenetic transmission effects of the holocaust, here is her latest paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2641… 3. You are right that many geneticists previously believed that epigenetic marks were wiped clean in each generation, but it is now clear that some are retained. Dr Azim Surani of Cambridge is a foremost researcher on this topic; here is a paper from earlier this year: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2604… 4. I am not sure which hypertension studies you are (selectively) quoting, but I was referring to the animal studies in which high salt models lead to hypertension in offspring (eg Koleganova et al., 2011, Yan et al., 2014) 5. Because Dr DeGruy is a social worker, she is best equipped to describe African trauma (not a geneticist). Her theory is famous, pioneering and original and cannot be discounted from the discourse. 6. The consanguinity most likely arises from the founder effect I described. If you think about it, it's easy to see how...if there is a small genetic pool to begin with, the likelihood of consanguinity is increased 7. The African 'slave hunters' did not benefit financially from the Ma'afa in the same way as the Europeans did...Europe was built on slavery...it kick-started the industrial revolution...hence damages are sought from the most prolific beneficiary Thanks for your critique, which at least attempted to address the points. IBM
Let me take each point in turn. 1. Dutch famine- yes it caused damaged babies in part due to epigenetic dysregulation due to nutrient privation (remember that the body needs certain nutrients to ensure epigenetic balance): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2542… http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1895… Epigenetic transmission in humans is not pseudo-scientific and is supported by a mass of data...it may be 'nascent' and there may some who disagree on individual points, but a reasonable scientific conclusion can be drawn from the extant data. Many many respected geneticists and other scientists are involved in this field of study. The data in animal studies (particularly rodents) are even more voluminous. Please see the work by Michael Skinner's group at Washington State Univ... Indeed, it would be pseudo-scientific to outrightly discount this mountain of evidence from both animals and humans...I would suggest you re-visit the more recent literature on this point. 2. Dr Rachel Yehuda of Mount Sinai Medical School has long studied the epigenetic transmission effects of the holocaust, here is her latest paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2641… 3. You are right that many geneticists previously believed that epigenetic marks were wiped clean in each generation, but it is now clear that some are retained. Dr Azim Surani of Cambridge is a foremost researcher on this topic; here is a paper from earlier this year: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2604… 4. I am not sure which hypertension studies you are (selectively) quoting, but I was referring to the animal studies in which high salt models lead to hypertension in offspring (eg Koleganova et al., 2011, Yan et al., 2014) 5. Because Dr DeGruy is a social worker, she is best equipped to describe African trauma (not a geneticist). Her theory is famous, pioneering and original and cannot be discounted from the discourse. 6. The consanguinity most likely arises from the founder effect I described. If you think about it, it's easy to see how...if there is a small genetic pool to begin with, the likelihood of consanguinity is increased 7. The African 'slave hunters' did not benefit financially from the Ma'afa in the same way as the Europeans did...Europe was built on slavery...it kick-started the industrial revolution...hence damages are sought from the most prolific beneficiary Thanks for your critique, which at least attempted to address the points. IBM
diaspore says...
To say that the only way to generate economic activity in our current environment is to appease and give concessions to foreigners, so that they may in turn employ us, is quite frankly the most absurd, intellectually bankrupt proposition I have ever heard. Underlying this, subtly, is the quiet belief that the Bahamian people ain't worth sh#t, and underlying this, deeper still, is a belief that Africans ain't worth sh#t. Got to call folks in to get us into order...because clearly we can't manage our own affairs. i reject it! If, after 44 years of independence, the best idea you can come up with is to go back to the apartheid era policies around skilled labour immigration, it is clearly time to demit your post be it a position of power and impact.
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diaspore says...
Banker, Let me take each point in turn.
1. Dutch famine- yes it caused damaged babies in part due to epigenetic dysregulation due to nutrient privation (remember that the body needs certain nutrients to ensure epigenetic balance): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2542…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1895…
Epigenetic transmission in humans is not pseudo-scientific and is supported by a mass of data...it may be 'nascent' and there may some who disagree on individual points, but a reasonable scientific conclusion can be drawn from the extant data. Many many respected geneticists and other scientists are involved in this field of study. The data in animal studies (particularly rodents) are even more voluminous. Please see the work by Michael Skinner's group at Washington State Univ... Indeed, it would be pseudo-scientific to outrightly discount this mountain of evidence from both animals and humans...I would suggest you re-visit the more recent literature on this point.
2. Dr Rachel Yehuda of Mount Sinai Medical School has long studied the epigenetic transmission effects of the holocaust, here is her latest paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2641…
3. You are right that many geneticists previously believed that epigenetic marks were wiped clean in each generation, but it is now clear that some are retained. Dr Azim Surani of Cambridge is a foremost researcher on this topic; here is a paper from earlier this year: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2604…
4. I am not sure which hypertension studies you are (selectively) quoting, but I was referring to the animal studies in which high salt models lead to hypertension in offspring (eg Koleganova et al., 2011, Yan et al., 2014)
5. Because Dr DeGruy is a social worker, she is best equipped to describe African trauma (not a geneticist). Her theory is famous, pioneering and original and cannot be discounted from the discourse.
6. The consanguinity most likely arises from the founder effect I described. If you think about it, it's easy to see how...if there is a small genetic pool to begin with, the likelihood of consanguinity is increased
7. The African 'slave hunters' did not benefit financially from the Ma'afa in the same way as the Europeans did...Europe was built on slavery...it kick-started the industrial revolution...hence damages are sought from the most prolific beneficiary
Thanks for your critique, which at least attempted to address the points. IBM
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diaspore says...
Let me take each point in turn.
1. Dutch famine- yes it caused damaged babies in part due to epigenetic dysregulation due to nutrient privation (remember that the body needs certain nutrients to ensure epigenetic balance): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2542…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1895…
Epigenetic transmission in humans is not pseudo-scientific and is supported by a mass of data...it may be 'nascent' and there may some who disagree on individual points, but a reasonable scientific conclusion can be drawn from the extant data. Many many respected geneticists and other scientists are involved in this field of study. The data in animal studies (particularly rodents) are even more voluminous. Please see the work by Michael Skinner's group at Washington State Univ... Indeed, it would be pseudo-scientific to outrightly discount this mountain of evidence from both animals and humans...I would suggest you re-visit the more recent literature on this point.
2. Dr Rachel Yehuda of Mount Sinai Medical School has long studied the epigenetic transmission effects of the holocaust, here is her latest paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2641…
3. You are right that many geneticists previously believed that epigenetic marks were wiped clean in each generation, but it is now clear that some are retained. Dr Azim Surani of Cambridge is a foremost researcher on this topic; here is a paper from earlier this year: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2604…
4. I am not sure which hypertension studies you are (selectively) quoting, but I was referring to the animal studies in which high salt models lead to hypertension in offspring (eg Koleganova et al., 2011, Yan et al., 2014)
5. Because Dr DeGruy is a social worker, she is best equipped to describe African trauma (not a geneticist). Her theory is famous, pioneering and original and cannot be discounted from the discourse.
6. The consanguinity most likely arises from the founder effect I described. If you think about it, it's easy to see how...if there is a small genetic pool to begin with, the likelihood of consanguinity is increased
7. The African 'slave hunters' did not benefit financially from the Ma'afa in the same way as the Europeans did...Europe was built on slavery...it kick-started the industrial revolution...hence damages are sought from the most prolific beneficiary
Thanks for your critique, which at least attempted to address the points. IBM
On Caribbean reparations
Posted 17 November 2015, 2:46 p.m. Suggest removal