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Couldn't disagree more. I guess intelligence might be an exception but most outcomes in life are not about genetics but are about circumstance, passion, and ha

Couldn't disagree more. I guess intelligence might be an exception but most outcomes in life are not about genetics but are about circumstance, passion, and hard work.

Someone1234 10y ago
That's a rather strawman response. You say you "couldn't disagree more" then state a position that the person you're replying to never stated they hold (about life outcomes). They were talking about cognitive decline and "brain power," not life outcomes as you seem to think.
- eagsalazar2 10y ago
  (like most things in this life) doesn't imply to you they are extending this POV beyond the discussion of brain power?
zizzles 10y ago
Passion. Hard work. Two personality-traits largely influenced by genetics. Try again.
- imron 10y ago
  I'm interested to see if you have any links to studies/research that back this up. The reason I ask is that I personally find I am passionate/hardworking for certain things but for others I'm completely disinterested/lazy. Likewise I have seen other people who are typically lazy and not hardworking, but get them on the one thing they are interested in (e.g. a specific sport) and they can quote match and player statistics stretching back decades. It's like they have this amazing ability but they've only applied it to a relatively useless part of their life (I say relatively useless because if they'd applied themselves with the same fervour to their work they'd have a much better quality of life). I'm not sure how that connects that with genetic personality traits.
  - zizzles 10y ago
    Here is one: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299900008529 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299900... If you want more: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=personality+genetics+pubmed http://lmgtfy.com/?q=personality+genetics+pubmed Scientists are still primitive in the understanding of the human brain, but as you can see, one factor in your behavior and personality (ie. motivation, persistence, ease-of-anger, compulsion, etc) is the complex relationship between neurotransmitters and their receptors (and millions of other factors of which we have no clue) These relationships are largely genetic, they are inherited to us. I have something to add of my own: Every characteristic about us, every move or action that we make, has a relationship (or is a byproduct) of some sort of gene(s) working together. You can even call it FATE if you want.
    - trentmb 10y ago
      > You can even call it FATE if you want. Luck

Couldn't disagree more. I guess intelligence might be an exception but most outcomes in life are not about genetics but are about circumstance, passion, and hard work.

Someone1234 10y ago

That's a rather strawman response. You say you "couldn't disagree more" then state a position that the person you're replying to never stated they hold (about life outcomes). They were talking about cognitive decline and "brain power," not life outcomes as you seem to think.

eagsalazar2 10y ago
(like most things in this life) doesn't imply to you they are extending this POV beyond the discussion of brain power?

zizzles 10y ago

Passion. Hard work. Two personality-traits largely influenced by genetics. Try again.

imron 10y ago
I'm interested to see if you have any links to studies/research that back this up. The reason I ask is that I personally find I am passionate/hardworking for certain things but for others I'm completely disinterested/lazy. Likewise I have seen other people who are typically lazy and not hardworking, but get them on the one thing they are interested in (e.g. a specific sport) and they can quote match and player statistics stretching back decades. It's like they have this amazing ability but they've only applied it to a relatively useless part of their life (I say relatively useless because if they'd applied themselves with the same fervour to their work they'd have a much better quality of life). I'm not sure how that connects that with genetic personality traits.
- zizzles 10y ago
  Here is one: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299900008529 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299900... If you want more: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=personality+genetics+pubmed http://lmgtfy.com/?q=personality+genetics+pubmed Scientists are still primitive in the understanding of the human brain, but as you can see, one factor in your behavior and personality (ie. motivation, persistence, ease-of-anger, compulsion, etc) is the complex relationship between neurotransmitters and their receptors (and millions of other factors of which we have no clue) These relationships are largely genetic, they are inherited to us. I have something to add of my own: Every characteristic about us, every move or action that we make, has a relationship (or is a byproduct) of some sort of gene(s) working together. You can even call it FATE if you want.
  - trentmb 10y ago
    > You can even call it FATE if you want. Luck