Glen: Of course behaviour is a combination of BOTH the environment and
genetics! The environment can just as easily affect the development of
the brain as genetics can. Consider cases of children traumatised from
continuous mental abuse by their parents (boy, I could tell ya stories).
You think their good genetics are going to take over and they'll live
normal lives?? Nuh-uh. Not necessarily. And it may not even be their
genetics that saves them but how they interpret this abuse as eventually
being a positive or negative influence on their lives. This future
interpretation can again be determined by the environment.
Gerry: Errr, Glen. What was said above was for the record. Check the
back files and see Marc's reply and my response. It was prewired. Get
it?
Glen: On the other hand, this person might have an identical twin
brother seperated at birth living in Smiley Ville, California growing up
in a happy bourgoisie mansion with Mary Poppins as mommy and Richard
Simmons as... erh, well... another mommy. This little guy _may_ turn out
just fine with a brimming smile from ear to ear and living a positive
life with a positive body image and positively loving aerobics,
affecting people in a positive way, hell, even with a positive balance
in his swiss bank account... or that nasty proneness to depression
lurking in his DNA might take over, leading to severe drug addiction and
death while his abused brother is head of a Fortune-500 Company,
practising buddhism and sippin' tea with Tina Turner.
Gerry: Gosh Glen, you certainly have a way with words. Your creativity
is exceptional. But don't let it get the best of you ;-)
Glen: As these likes and dislikes build up over time, we arrive at a
"sexuality" which is unique for each individual. Perhaps "bisexuality"
arises because an early "sexual template" for this sexuality is not
deeply formed - thus the sexuality as a whole is based on things that
can be found in either sex.
Gerry: I find the above idea fascinating. Do you think this "template"
in our brain is for bisexuality? I thought gender was chemical and
controlled through the mtDNA? But it appears that the amount of
testosterone determines how male a male actually is. Too much
testosterone lends to "animalistic" behavior whereby the social is
overridden by the biological. Lessen the testosternone and a more
"social" person results.
Please tell me more, Glen. Or for that matter, anyone else.
Gerry
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