Why it may be time to look beyond the old 'nature versus nurture' argument for human individuality
He swiftly rejects the “nature vs. nurture” paradigm, replacing it with an exploration of the countless twists and turns that emerge through the relationship between ourWhy did you choose to write about individuality?
I was there to meet someone and I did—I found my wife there so it was a happy ending—but it also really got me thinking about human individuality and what we know and don’t know about it. The phrase that everyone knows, “nature vs. nurture,” is so awful and so wrong. The “vs.” implies that what you inherit from your parents must be opposed to your experience in the world, which isn’t true. A lot of times, these things interact. Take the genetic disease called phenylketonuria or PKU. You have to inherit broken copies of a gene that metabolizes the amino acid phenylalanine from both your parents. But it only matters if you eat foods rich in phenylalanine.
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