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The first law of genetics: who you are at birth is who you are when you die. So, yes, 7 and 63 are a sub-range.
by mcguire 7y ago
The first law of genetics: who you are at birth is who you are when you die. So, yes, 7 and 63 are a sub-range.
- capableweb 7y agoWhat if you switch out two brains from people? Who is who?
- o-__-o 7y agoOr more realistically, when you have a stroke you are now a different person. Though I'm wondering if a stroke victim ends up recalling different memories and thus be more like their 7 year old self than 63...
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoThat assumes that "who you are" = "your genes", though. That's... let's just call it "not proven".
- mcguire 7y agohttp://humancond.org/papers/turkheimer00_three_laws_behavior_genetics http://humancond.org/papers/turkheimer00_three_laws_behavior... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635473/ Don't look at me, I'm just quoting received wisdom from HN.
- vasilipupkin 7y agoIf you read the link that you yourself posted carefully, you would have noticed "A typical human behavioral trait is associated with". Associated with != determined by. Of course, genetics influence our behavior. Which is a completely different claim from "genetics determine our behavior".
- dang 7y agoOk, but please don't post unsubstantive comments here.