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I've come to feel this intuitively over the last five years as I have become my father despite a strong determination not to. Moreover, I've been shocked to rea
by rjurney 18y ago
I've come to feel this intuitively over the last five years as I have become my father despite a strong determination not to. Moreover, I've been shocked to realize that I enjoy being him. Its me. Feels like a magnetic, genetic force more so than environment.
- rw 18y agoA large reason to do this research is that our intuitions are often wrong. Your instrospective conclusions could easily have credited your father's early influence on you, instead of genetics.
- rjurney 18y agoThats true, the research is valuable. I just feel better if its genetics, because I think I could fight environment better :)
- philwelch 18y agoMaybe you could. The funny thing is, most of the science on this issue suggests that the "you" that is supposedly fighting either environment or genetics...is entirely composed of environmental and genetic influences. So if there is a "you" that can fight environment, it's the genetic you, and vice versa. And it's not like you're Mister Spock, with one half of your personality fighting a completely different half. It's more like a smoothie, where you can't tell what part is the banana, what part is the strawberry, and so forth, except it tastes like a mixture of both. So really, what you're saying is a lot less coherent than it sounds.
- rjurney 18y agoYeah, ultimately nature/nurture is a 'false dichotomy.' But then the whole concept of 'self' is bupkus :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman_(Buddhism) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atman_(Buddhism)