Genes, Atoms, or Something Else? | Praveen Sethupathy & Roald Hoffmann
The Veritas Forum — The Veritas ForumGenes, Atoms, or Something Else? | Praveen Sethupathy & Roald Hoffmann
February 24, 2018
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Are we more than our biology? At a Veritas Forum from Cornell, Praveen Sethupathy (Cornell) and Roald Hoffmann (Cornell) explore how genetics influences how we think about personal identity and what, if anything, is beyond the scope of science.
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