Friday, May 4, 2012

Nature vs. Nurture

Are nature and nurture of equal influence and importance, or is one ultimately more influential or important than the other? Objectively I have no idea how to go about determining the answer to this question, but personally I've always been partial to nurture carrying more weight. Our nature doesn't necessarily determine our actions, personality, character, class, status, etc. However, nurture is incredibly influential in that sense. How we grow up, who we grow up with, where we grow up, when (what time period) we grow up in, what culture we grow up in, and how we are socialized have a lasting impact on who we become as individuals in a society. The kind of environment we are in, at any and every point in our lives, is what makes the biggest impact on us. Your nature can be radically altered by how you are nurtured, and which innate qualities are encouraged or discouraged. It has always seemed quite obvious to me that nurture overpowers nature more easily than nature could overpower nurture. What do you think? 

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