Nature vs Nurture
Okay, so we've all experienced it. We go to some big family dinner or whatever and you exhibit some form of anger or other personality traits (obviously. It's not like we sit there, stunned like a catatonic freak right?). Now MOST of you would probably also have been told that "you got your temper from your uncle/grandma/grandpa/some other family member" Now, the question I'd like to ask is this: Do we inherit these personality traits from relatives because of some gene or other (nature) or because of influence (nurture)?
To those of you who are sitting there thinking "well duh personality OBVIOUSLY comes from the gene pool" then think about this, If this were true, then that would probably mean that DNA had something to do with the way you act right? We all know that Identical twins have identical DNA so if this nature IS responsible for our personality, then that would mean that twins should have the exact same personality. and yet, they don't.
AND to those of you who are thinking "well then in that case, it MUST be nurture right?" then YOU should all ask yourselves this: how can we be influenced by relatives far far away? Let's go back to the dinner party scene for a moment shall we? Your great aunt has just said that you talk like your uncle Dominic. First of all, who the hell is that? and second of all, Are they even in the country? Now if these two questions come to mind, then that probably means you haven't been around them that much. and if they haven't been around you that much, then you can't possibly have been influenced by them so much that you begin talking like them right?
SO! Is our personality based on nature vs nurture? Go figure :)
To those of you who are sitting there thinking "well duh personality OBVIOUSLY comes from the gene pool" then think about this, If this were true, then that would probably mean that DNA had something to do with the way you act right? We all know that Identical twins have identical DNA so if this nature IS responsible for our personality, then that would mean that twins should have the exact same personality. and yet, they don't.
AND to those of you who are thinking "well then in that case, it MUST be nurture right?" then YOU should all ask yourselves this: how can we be influenced by relatives far far away? Let's go back to the dinner party scene for a moment shall we? Your great aunt has just said that you talk like your uncle Dominic. First of all, who the hell is that? and second of all, Are they even in the country? Now if these two questions come to mind, then that probably means you haven't been around them that much. and if they haven't been around you that much, then you can't possibly have been influenced by them so much that you begin talking like them right?
SO! Is our personality based on nature vs nurture? Go figure :)
(yes I just made you think without actually having an answer to it:P)
Edit: Oh I'd also like to mention that my sister has done a cover of some song or other. She has forbidden me to link it but she never said that I couldn't tell you guys to check it out. Her channel is stutterflykEzz. You should check it out if you're bothered. She's pretty good (:
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