Faddish Stuff: Epigenetics and the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

“Epigenetic changes are short-term heritable alterations in gene expression that are not due to mutations . . . . Like variations in a letter’s font . . .we are still at sea as to how it all works . . . short term bar codes on our cells so that they remember where they’ve been and where they should be going . . . if they get lost we call it cancer, etc. . since epigenetic changes can be induced by diet, etc . . .”