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by abellerose 1986 days ago
The article mentions, nature versus nurture debate and that's complete nonsense. Any scientist should know by now, all forces factor into an equation for whatever outcome. So the phrase "nature versus nurture debate" is annoying to read and I assume it generally confuses the public. Similar to how doctors used to say someone has a chemical imbalance in their brain for the cause of whatever illness the person is suffering from. I feel like until people understand "cause & effect" an ignorance is going to continue existing and that really misleads the general populace towards incorrect assumptions or even magical thinking.
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You can see this in studies that try to determine how much some traits are inherited .

Complex traits usually converge towards 50/50 because that's what you expect when the question is framed wrong. Different genes activate based on input from the environment.

> Different genes activate based on input from the environment.

Precisely. Traits feed back and feed forward, etc. You cannot simply say 30% genes and 70% environment because you cannot ignore how they interact with each other.