> likewise, nice personalities aren't inherited, they're developed after birth
Arguing against my own article here, but what makes you sure? There's no gene for saying thank you, but there are very likely to be genes that affect broader dimensions of personality. In fact, the Big 5 are highly heritable. I'd say "genetics don't matter" is too strong, just lik "parenting doesn't matter".
Because there is far more evidence, both formal, and lived experience for everybody, multiple times per day, that people's environment (including who they surround themselves with) affect their personality, than there is evidence that it does not.
The "newborn saying thank you" comment was a joke, as they generally don't say much when newborn, but illustrative of the point: newborns do not have any expressed personality to speak of, because genetics alone cannot create one. Your newborn has zero personality, but with the right upbringing, and perhaps the right genes, it will have a great one. With just the genes... probably not.
tl;dr the claim I am arguing against is TFA's "environment doesn't matter", and I am not and have not claimed that genetics don't.
Arguing against my own article here, but what makes you sure? There's no gene for saying thank you, but there are very likely to be genes that affect broader dimensions of personality. In fact, the Big 5 are highly heritable. I'd say "genetics don't matter" is too strong, just lik "parenting doesn't matter".
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