Cogito ergo sum

What is your destiny?  For hundreds of years, people believed that their lives were guided by external forces they could not control--usually a diety or some greater purpose or plan.  With the discovery of DNA and the mapping of the human genome, the force of destiny has become, for many, a kind coding we are born with.  But with each new discovery and answer to the mysteries of life, new questions arise:  How much control do we have over our own lives?  What good does knowing do?  Can destiny be subverted?  Is there a limit to our knowledge?  Should there be? However you look at it, this is an exciting time to be alive.  Now, let's read!

MONDAY, 3/4
Intricacy
• sharing
• feedback
Radiolab:  (So-called) Life
• response: Sense of Life/playing with life
Read DNA as Destiny for TUESDAY, 3/5

TUESDAY, 3/5
DNA as Destiny
• response
• shared inquiry
Read The Selfish Gene for THURSDAY, 3/7

WEDNESDAY, 3/6
ASHG Essay
• outline DUE
• writing workshop

THURSDAY, 3/7
The Selfish Gene
• response
• discussion:  argument/rhetoric

FRIDAY, 3/8
AP Prompt #8