ミームの死骸を待ちながら

We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators. - Richard Dawkins "Selfish Gene"

We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators.
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
- Richard Dawkins "Selfish Gene"

日本の医学権威は…

立花隆脳死 (中公文庫)の続編という形だが、前著に寄せられた批判(とは到底呼べないものだが)に対する反論をまとめた一冊。脳死 (中公文庫)を読んで知識をしっかりさせた上で読むべき。ポイントや立花氏の主張は前著とかぶるが、それは重要である故。
とりあえず、脳死生命倫理について語るには必須の知識だ。知らないで意見を述べるのが一番怖い。