I came across this new book by @Yiorgos Apidianakis titled "Disentangling Humans". It is a book that every biologist should read. It finds a midpoint between Mendelian genetics and non-Mendelian genetics in a language that the layman can read. As common with such brilliant splices, it raises more questions than answers that science can provide as of today. If you have seen or read the book, it will be nice to discuss some talking points.
You can obtain the book on Amazon using the following link:
https://www.amazon.com/Disentangling-humans-Yiorgos-Apidianakis/dp/9925601266
Dr. Yiorgos Apidianakis , what was your BIGGEST motivation to author the book? Was it the need for a better basis for disease prediction, or the need to better address human inequality from a genetic standpoint? Or was it another factor?
My main motivation was to understand humans. What it takes to flourish personally and collectively and have a basis to understand what is best for humans, irrespective of opinions, man-made ideals and preconceptions. A book that my children would read once old enough to get a better idea of how we can make our world work better.
My short description of the book is that it provides a new unbiased approach to the efforts we make to better understand what humans are, what it takes to be a human and how we can eventually prosper. Although human progress in technology, science and many more disciplines are rapidly evolving, the lack of self-understanding is preposterously overlooked. That is what makes this book a gift to humanity. As Aristotle said, “Knowing yourself is the begging of all wisdom”. As one can predict, asking questions that are so complex to begin with usually raises more questions than answers. Although that is partially true here, this is the best effort so far, I have come across to disentangle this complex nature of humans.
What chapter did you enjoyed the most? Owolabi Sokefun
You may also like such Facebook posts inspired by the book:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=595697045913945&set=pcb.595700185913631
This the growing series of Facebook posts inspired by the book:
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/yiorgosapidianakis
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