Praneeth Katta

“Indeed, even if the permanent secretary was fat, hypertensive or a smoker, he was still less likely to suffer a heart attack at a given age than a thin, non-smoking, low-blood-pressure janitor.”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

“Different versions of genes rise and fall in popularity driven often by the rise and fall of diseases. There is a regrettable human tendency to exaggerate stability, to believe in equilibrium.”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

“genetically different population, so that she can have offspring with varied genes and little risk of inbred diseases. But perhaps she – and T-shirt-sniffing people – are actually doing something that makes sense in terms of the blood-group story. Remember that, when making love in a time of cholera, an AA person is best off looking for a BB mate, so that all their children will be cholera-resistant ABs.”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

“For instance, given the choice between a safe, comfortable and long life for the individual or a risky, tiring and dangerous attempt to breed, virtually all animals (and indeed plants) choose the latter.”
― Matt Ridley, Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters