Nature certainly seems to be clobbering nurture as of late, if the recent spate of behavioural genetics research is correct. Parenting, deliberate practice, 'gr

Nature certainly seems to be clobbering nurture as of late, if the recent spate of behavioural genetics research is correct. Parenting, deliberate practice, 'grit' - all seem to be superseded or confounded by genetics. Although it's probably irrational of me, I find this somewhat disheartening - as more of human behaviour is rationalised, the Calvinist picture that emerges is ... less interesting. A very weak and nerdy analogy would be that of an RPG where the dice rolls on the character creation screen led almost directly to the final dungeon. The prospect of more elaborate dice-rolling with the advent of genetic engineering does not make the game that much more appealing.