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No one chooses their genes because to a very important extent you are your genes. There is no meaningful "you" that could have done the choosing.
by tdba 4y ago
No one chooses their genes because to a very important extent you are your genes. There is no meaningful "you" that could have done the choosing.
- scatterhead 4y agoThe fact that it could not be otherwise doesn't make it incoherent to say that you didn't choose your genes. What's the underlying point you're trying to get across? It doesn't seem like a productive thing to go on about.
- cuteboy19 4y agoThat is not true. People may share genes but may not share identity
- tdba 4y agoAs I said, to a very important extent it is true. Identical twins have a lot more in common than any other two people, even close siblings, often even when they are separated at birth. This gets us into semantics about what "identity" is, but that is indeed the issue that I'm trying to raise anyway. > Modern twin studies have concluded that almost all traits are partly influenced by genetic differences. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_study https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_study