Reblogged from Wholeheartedness:
I find this post from Robert Chen fascinating:
According to scientists, we’re 99% the same, genetically.
Yes, the same.
Not similar, not close, not related. Exactly the same. And that’s actually a good thing.
Here’s why:
Imagine a world where we were all very different. What would it be like? Well …
Pharmaceutical companies would have to invent a different drug to cure the same disease for every person in the world.
Poignant this morning, as I send my son off to his first day of kindergarten.
