Gene Talk #10: Nature vs. Nurture
Non-scientists often don’t get enough credit for grasping the basic concepts of genetics. Common sense goes a long way too even without formal education. Sam at or so she says clearly understands that the nature vs. nurture debate is moot.
All right. I am neither a biologist nor a sociologist. I have not studied the debate (and it is raging) between nature v. nurture to any great extent. But I have a feeling that the truth lies somewhere between the two extremes–that we are born with certain biological tendencies (ex. babies instinctively begin to absorb language, cry when they need something, etc, without being “taught” to do so) but that we are shaped, and our potentials are fulfilled or stunted, by whatever particular society we are born into. Ex: you may be born with the potential to become an amazing trombone player, but if you’re born in a small village in Africa you probably won’t ever learn to play the trombone. On the opposite note, just because you are born in a city famous for its trombone players doesn’t mean you will have a great talent for it.
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