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I agree with the essential point that no one exists in isolation, we all build on the work of others, but I don't see how your last sentence follows from the pr

I agree with the essential point that no one exists in isolation, we all build on the work of others, but I don't see how your last sentence follows from the previous statements. We can all have the same background, but that doesn't make us all the same. There's strong evidence, for example, that genes play a large role in how we behave.

amanaplanacanal 4y ago
> There's strong evidence, for example, that genes play a large role in how we behave. I’ve heard this said before. Can you link to some science about this please?
- StanislavPetrov 4y ago
  https://www.livescience.com/47288-twin-study-importance-of-genetics.html https://www.livescience.com/47288-twin-study-importance-of-g...
Broken_Hippo 4y ago
Ok. Genes play a large role in how we behave. But we are reacting to society. Hence, clone versions of you living 100 years ago, in current times, and 100 years in the future are going to react differently because there are different inputs and different accepted outputs to their behavior. They all are going to have different assumptions about the world around them because they live in worlds with different sets of knowledge. Schooling would be different (I'm assuming things continue to improve/change over time in the future). Nutrition, healthcare, transportation, communication... all has changed so much. And this is the same when comparing current times. Three clones of you might act similarly in some respects, but vastly different in others. We've studied this exact thing by studying identical twins, actually, and even growing up in the same country doesn't even out the differences. At the end of the day, it does mean that even though genes might affect the way we act, the comment you are replying to is absolutely correct.
- seti0Cha 4y ago
  I don't understand your reply. I didn't say that people growing up in different times would act the same or that people with identical genes would act the same. I'm arguing that different people will act differently in the same circumstances. If you want to establish that OP is absolutely correct, you need to show that people with different inclinations and abilities act the same way as each other when in identical circumstances. This seems self-evidently incorrect to me. People have varying amounts and types of mental faculties and so make different choices, even when presented with the same situations.

amanaplanacanal 4y ago

> There's strong evidence, for example, that genes play a large role in how we behave. I’ve heard this said before. Can you link to some science about this please?

StanislavPetrov 4y ago
https://www.livescience.com/47288-twin-study-importance-of-genetics.html https://www.livescience.com/47288-twin-study-importance-of-g...

Broken_Hippo 4y ago

Ok. Genes play a large role in how we behave. But we are reacting to society. Hence, clone versions of you living 100 years ago, in current times, and 100 years in the future are going to react differently because there are different inputs and different accepted outputs to their behavior. They all are going to have different assumptions about the world around them because they live in worlds with different sets of knowledge. Schooling would be different (I'm assuming things continue to improve/change over time in the future). Nutrition, healthcare, transportation, communication... all has changed so much. And this is the same when comparing current times. Three clones of you might act similarly in some respects, but vastly different in others. We've studied this exact thing by studying identical twins, actually, and even growing up in the same country doesn't even out the differences. At the end of the day, it does mean that even though genes might affect the way we act, the comment you are replying to is absolutely correct.

seti0Cha 4y ago
I don't understand your reply. I didn't say that people growing up in different times would act the same or that people with identical genes would act the same. I'm arguing that different people will act differently in the same circumstances. If you want to establish that OP is absolutely correct, you need to show that people with different inclinations and abilities act the same way as each other when in identical circumstances. This seems self-evidently incorrect to me. People have varying amounts and types of mental faculties and so make different choices, even when presented with the same situations.