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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/10/2018 23:12,
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SR Ballard <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sen.otaku@gmail.com"><sen.otaku@gmail.com></a></td>
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would take extreme environments to alter the power of
genetics.</div>
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<div>I’m not saying genetics have no power, I’m asking how much
power they have in relation to environment. Is environment
10%? 25%? I sincerely doubt it would be near or above 50%
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The whole 'nature vs nurture' concept is a red herring. Genetics and
environment aren't two competing forces, they're so intricately tied
up with one another that it's not even sensible to consider them as
separate things. A 'gene' on its own is useless (in fact the word
itself is of doubtful use). What we call 'Genetics' is already a
complex interaction between environmental signals and sequences of
base pairs. Look at the production of haemoglobin as a simple
example. There's no such thing as 'The Gene For Haemoglobin' really.
There's some information and some environmental influences, and a
large set of interactions between the two that produce different
types of haemoglobin for different purposes. One can't achieve
anything without the other, so it makes no sense to say something
like "how much power genes have in relation to environment". It's
like arguing about whether petrol or pistons are more important in
combustion engines, but a lot more complicated.<br>
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