any time you face a false dichotomy like nature/nurture, choose both. unproductive debates like these (>100 comments so far) stem entirely from a fallacious bas

any time you face a false dichotomy like nature/nurture, choose both. unproductive debates like these (>100 comments so far) stem entirely from a fallacious base. it's tiresome and boring (which technically makes it against hn guidelines). if your impulse is to argue for one or the other position, you haven't thought enough about it and/or haven't had enough life experience to internalize the complexity that the false dichotomy dumbs down and tries to gloss over. it's also a tool of division and diversion at a societal level to keep retreading tired and useless arguments rather than things that matter or are actually productive. any time you face a pat duality like this (most news, politics, etc.), don't jump into the mirage blindly, instead step back and reject the premise entirely.