:salam2: everyone,
Hope everyone is at their best. Has anyone here taken a psychology class? If they have im sure they have heard of this debate. I just got introduced to it, however its very mind-boggling.
A big topic, Does the key to who we are lie in our Genes, or in our family, friends, and expieriences?
I believe it is by both, however its very surprising when you see evidence that it is by our genetics. It is supported by darwinism and evolution, which is why i am against it.
This debate conflicts and goes along with many other debates including Homosexuality.
"In 1993 biologists found a variation on the X chromosomes of 33 out of 40 pairs of brothers who were gay-evidence that genes might play a part in sexual orientation. (A comparable marker has not been found in lesbians.) Some denounced the findings as part of a homophobic conspiracy. Others said the genetic link showed homosexuality is natural. 'It makes sense there might be a gene for this' says Micheal Joseph Kaymcgrail. 'Im left handed. Im also gay. I see them on the same level-that i was created this way."
It begs the question if being homosexual is by choice or naturally being born like that. It also goes into if people are obese, that theres a 70% chance of it being inherited.
"The moment the scales began to tip towards nature can be traced back to a 1979 meeting between a steelworker named Jim Lewis and a clerical worker named Jim Springer. Identical twins seperated five weeks after birth, they were raised by families 80 miles apart in Ohio. Reunited 39 years later, they would have strained the credulity of the editors of Ripleys Believe it or Not. Not only did both have dark hair, stand six feet tall and weigh 180 pounds, but they spoke with the same inflections, moved with the same gait and made the same gestures. Both loved stock car racing and hated baseball. Both married women named Linda, divorced them and married women named Betty. Both drove chevrolets, drank Miller Lite, chain-smoked salems and vacationed on the same half-mile stretch of Florida beach. Both had elevated blood pressure, severe migraines and had undergone vesectomies. Both bit their nails. Their heart rates, brain waves and IQ's were nearly identical. Their scores on personality tests were as close as if one person had taken the same test twice"
What is your view and opinion on this?
source:Life Magazine April 1998
Hope everyone is at their best. Has anyone here taken a psychology class? If they have im sure they have heard of this debate. I just got introduced to it, however its very mind-boggling.
A big topic, Does the key to who we are lie in our Genes, or in our family, friends, and expieriences?
I believe it is by both, however its very surprising when you see evidence that it is by our genetics. It is supported by darwinism and evolution, which is why i am against it.
This debate conflicts and goes along with many other debates including Homosexuality.
"In 1993 biologists found a variation on the X chromosomes of 33 out of 40 pairs of brothers who were gay-evidence that genes might play a part in sexual orientation. (A comparable marker has not been found in lesbians.) Some denounced the findings as part of a homophobic conspiracy. Others said the genetic link showed homosexuality is natural. 'It makes sense there might be a gene for this' says Micheal Joseph Kaymcgrail. 'Im left handed. Im also gay. I see them on the same level-that i was created this way."
It begs the question if being homosexual is by choice or naturally being born like that. It also goes into if people are obese, that theres a 70% chance of it being inherited.
"The moment the scales began to tip towards nature can be traced back to a 1979 meeting between a steelworker named Jim Lewis and a clerical worker named Jim Springer. Identical twins seperated five weeks after birth, they were raised by families 80 miles apart in Ohio. Reunited 39 years later, they would have strained the credulity of the editors of Ripleys Believe it or Not. Not only did both have dark hair, stand six feet tall and weigh 180 pounds, but they spoke with the same inflections, moved with the same gait and made the same gestures. Both loved stock car racing and hated baseball. Both married women named Linda, divorced them and married women named Betty. Both drove chevrolets, drank Miller Lite, chain-smoked salems and vacationed on the same half-mile stretch of Florida beach. Both had elevated blood pressure, severe migraines and had undergone vesectomies. Both bit their nails. Their heart rates, brain waves and IQ's were nearly identical. Their scores on personality tests were as close as if one person had taken the same test twice"
What is your view and opinion on this?
source:Life Magazine April 1998