i guess the most interesting example of "genetic memory" is that of a friend, now deceased, who invented a one-handed canoe paddle for use while fishing. He actually had it patented but never developed the idea commercially. A couple of year later, he was in Scotland rummaging in an antique shop when he discovered a similar paddle, not of modern plastic but wood, and was amazed. Then he said he turned it over and written on the other side was the maker, a man with the same last name: Proctor. He said the hair stood up on the back of his neck.