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It’s interesting that you attribute a difference among sisters to genes. Sisters are similar genetically, but cannot occupy the same social space. They cannot o
by erikpukinskis 8y ago
It’s interesting that you attribute a difference among sisters to genes. Sisters are similar genetically, but cannot occupy the same social space. They cannot occupy the same material space.
My explanation for the difference you observed is that siblings somewhat have non-overlapping coping strategies. If one gets angry, the other is being yelled at. If one eats more than their share, the other eats less. If one is asking people to leave them alone, the other is being left alone.
This creates major difference in subjective experience and coping strategies just by virtue of being socially juxtaposed.
- cletus 8y agoSo what I think you're referring to is something I might otherwise call the Pauli Exclusion Principle for Children (or PEPC) for short. Just like fermions, children it seems can't occupy the same state. This means that if one child is the "good one", a sibling won't be. They'll find their own niche. They could be the clown, or the athlete or the bookworm or whatever. So if I read your comment correctly, you're essentially saying something similar with coping strategies. I can't and don't disagree with that idea but it's not mutually exclusive with genetic predisposition either. Just imagine two sisters do have a genetic predisposition to "sugar addiction". It doesn't mean they'll both become sugar addicts.