Sunday, July 17, 2011
Must read
Today's column by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
I'd only quibble with one point: YAB treats the tendency toward violence as mostly learned. It's not. Like all other human temperaments, talents and tastes, it's mostly inherited. If you pick up a bad combination of gene variants, you're going to enjoy violence no matter how your parents behave. If you pick up a good combination, you're going to avoid violence no matter how your parents behave. ¶ 6:16 PM
I'd only quibble with one point: YAB treats the tendency toward violence as mostly learned. It's not. Like all other human temperaments, talents and tastes, it's mostly inherited. If you pick up a bad combination of gene variants, you're going to enjoy violence no matter how your parents behave. If you pick up a good combination, you're going to avoid violence no matter how your parents behave. ¶ 6:16 PM
