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Yep, that about sums it up

Category: Biology • Religion • Science
Posted on: September 18, 2008 5:00 PM, by Orac

This one's been floating around the intertubes, at least those parts of the intertubes I frequent, for several days now at least. But it's so good that I just can't resist posting it myself.

I had no idea John Cleese had a video podcast...

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just after the gene for squandering work time reading blogs...................

Posted by: Jim | September 18, 2008 5:43 PM

"Right next to the gene that makes you go to see Nicholas Cage movies - so that's another mystery explained."

That made it worthwhile.

Posted by: Dean | September 18, 2008 6:02 PM

I understand now or is that my genes talking?

Posted by: Ole Blue | September 18, 2008 7:13 PM

Right next to the gene that makes you remember a multitude of Monty Python sketches like the scene in "The meaning of Life" where the administrator Michael Palin walks into the birthing room and says; ahhh, I see you are using the machine the goes PING!

Posted by: Uncle Dave | September 18, 2008 7:52 PM

You must know about all his training videos?

http://www.johncleesetraining.com/index.html

I especially remember "who sold you this, then: from the 70's.

Posted by: GrayGaffer | September 19, 2008 12:52 AM

Around 1992, a woman in my lab and I were kidding each other and she told me I was being illogical; I replied that she cannot know about logic since the gene for it is located on the Y chromosome. Without missing a beat she retorted (yeah, it's right next to the Jerk gene!"

A couple years later Nature (in jest) asked readers to submit locations of genes on the Y-chromosome. They then published a map identifying genes such as the shopping-suppressor. Of course, that led to hate mail.

Posted by: Joe | September 19, 2008 12:10 PM

I know it was tongue-in-cheek, but it really does bother me that Cleese's character confuses causal determinism with genetic determinism. It also bothers me that he asserts that QM has done away with causal determinism.

It was still cute, though, and as a Python fan, I can forgive these annoyances.

Posted by: Escuerd | September 20, 2008 11:01 AM

Ah, that is a hoot. Thanks for posting it--I hadn't seen it before.

Posted by: Mary | September 20, 2008 11:29 AM

Amazing video! Thanks for posting it! I will subtitle it to post on my blog too!

Posted by: Felipe Epaminondas | September 20, 2008 6:09 PM