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Definitely. People want to believe it so badly that they'll just throw all logic out the window. I can't find it with a cursory search, but I recall one case in
by 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
Definitely. People want to believe it so badly that they'll just throw all logic out the window. I can't find it with a cursory search, but I recall one case in which a person allegedly inherited a fear of drowning via "genetic memory" from her uncle who drowned shortly before she was born. It's essentially "psychic medium" bullshit with a veneer of pseudobiology. But hoo boy, does that ever play well.
It's one thing to suggest that psychological or metabolic stress could affect the dynamics of DNA methylation in a way that crosses generational boundaries. It's quite another to identify those inherited dynamics as "memories".
- jraph 2y agoWhy yes, this stuff jumps diagonally. That's called an epigenic memory cross-transfer. It also works backwards and if one of the being is dead, and affects you from your birth even if the event had not happened yet at the time. Retcon Epigenetics 101. :-)