subject: Nature Vs Nurture [print this page] Author: Ender Corinthian Author: Ender Corinthian
How can it be that science values nature, isn't that essentially the same as believing in fate? personally I believe it all comes down to nurture, but then the question is raised; how much of our nurture is a result of our nature? My line of thought may seem extremely wrong to some, but the fact is i'm just in denial, I refuse to accept that certain aspects in our current personalities were established the day we were conceieved. If one argues nature, that could be viewed as quite a racist view. Let me elaborate, the majority of North America firmly believes that Al qaeda are insane, whereas they obviously find our ways completely insane. If we believe in the Nature argument, doesn't that also mean we think everyone from that geographic location is insane? We know they're not, so obviously Nurture plays an extremely large role. On the other hand, personalities would affect the jobs we take, certain jobs today were non existant when the first civillizations existed. Has our nature changed since then? I'd argue no, therefore I don't believewe have been evolvingmentally, or if we have, not in terms of our nature, our instinct.Honestly, my view is uncertain, i don't know enough about the science involved in this, i am admittedly no scientist, though I once got an A in chemistry, suck it Peter Agre. I find it so strange that science seems to be advocating fate in a sense, it's getting far too religious to my liking. This debate honestly seems as unlikely to end as the debate for the existence of god and of course, more importantly, who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
