David Jones, a Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University, delivers a talk titled “Genetic (Mis)understandings – The Modern Science of Human Difference” as part of Facing History’s Day of Learning “Reimagining Self and Other.”  Jones traces an extensive historical overview of the theories behind human difference, from ancient Greeks to the eugenics movement to modern day scientists, in order to better inform how we answer the question: If genetics shows how we are all different, does it matter?