Soul: Nature vs. Nurture?

Where is the soul of a person? What happens to the soul when the body dies?

Experiences don't define a person. Obviously a good environment that nurtures the body for proper development is necessary. But if you reconstruct a person using genetic information then you are recreating the exact same person. The soul arises from the physical being created from the genetic information. If the person dies, the soul dies as well.

What about Identical twins who share exact genes?

They are the same person.

How can we test this idea of the soul arising from the body? What is a valid scientific approach? How can we test this idea by observing the behavior of cloned insects or animals?

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Do Twins Have a Sixth Sense?

-- Christie Ewen

What is the Impact of Lactose in Adults?

I've been thinking about lactose intolerance and galactosemia.  Perhaps, adults shouldn't be drinking milk? or dairy products?  Although most people have developed a tolerance to lactose, I'm wondering what are the other possible deleterious effects of lactose.

Lactose is broken down into glucose and galactose.  Those with galactosemia cannot break down galactose which leads to serious health problems.  The only treatment is eliminating lactose and galactose in the diet.

It should be noted that The Okinawa diet consists of almost no dairy products.   Unlike, the Blue Zones diet which encourages the consumption of goat's milk (contains lactose).

Also, cheese lactose content is much lower than milk or yogurt (See Stonyfield's lactose chart)

This needs further investigation.

by Christie Ewen