blog




  • Essay / Nature vs. Nurture: Nature vs. Parents - 1024

    I think there is no fixed statistic. For example, it's not sixteen percent genes and eighty-four percent experience. I think it fluctuates from person to person. I might have thirty percent genes and seventy percent experience to create who I am, while my sister might have forty percent genes and sixty percent experience to create her personality. I think the reason why identical twins are so similar in personality is because when they separate in the womb, they already have their characteristics like hair color and eye color in their genetic makeup, so why not their genetic trait and their percentage of experience? So while identical twins may be, for lack of a better word, identical, siblings will be similar but will not be carbon copies in terms of personality. I also think that the personality genes you acquire will either be strengthened or pushed aside as you gain experience. If strict parents tell an empathetic young boy that "feminine" feelings of sadness are not "manly," he will push away that empathic part of him that comes from genetics and repress it. Hopefully he will one day realize that the social constructs his parents imposed on him are illogical and revert back to the empathetic part of him, but the damage from the experience could be done and