Genetic preposition or environmental?

[Project Blaze]

I've been wondering lately... so, I'm asking this: Are people predisposed to act a certain way, or do they grow up in a certain "environment" and become/change because of something like that? I'm basically asking if people are born leaning towards the darker side of life, or if it's the way they grow up.

I've got some "personal interest" in this subject too, so let me know what you think please.

[LiNuX]

It's all conditioning.

I'm sure people are born with certain genes that make them act in certain ways but most of it is how they are brought up. And with conditioning, you can overwrite certain behavior in genes.

[jango]

The only word I find difficult in the 'Nature or Nurture' debate is the 'or' tbh .. environment is a huge influence ofc, but genetics do play a substantial part. Sadly people want to try and simplify what's often a incredibly complex thing, and at no point from one camp or the other.

So in answer to your question ..

Are people predisposed to act a certain way, or do they grow up in a certain "environment" and become/change because of something like that?

.. my answer is 'neither', and to assume it's one or the other is negating what makes humanity or an individual what they are. Embrace the chaos in the universe .. it's inescapable.

[Diligence109]

age old argument... I'm with jango - I've always fallen in the "both" camp on the Nature v. Nurture argument. I sense that most people agree on this, to some extent.

[leica]

Both. However both are predetermined simply by the arrangement and energy of particles at the beginning of the universe.

[Project Blaze]

Huh. And what about mental illnesses? You can't exactly remedy that.

[jango]

What about it? The same applies tbh ..

[Project Blaze]

Nevermind. Don't even know why I bothered asking.

[jango]

Nevermind. Don't even know why I bothered asking.

hehe .. just my opinion, don't take offense .. just seems to me that the same can be said for mental illness - neither nature nor nurture, but often a combination of the two.

Apologies if my response seemed a little harsh.

[Project Blaze]

I see. I was just wondering about the whole issue, even though my personal standing is that the environment of the individuals influences their decision-making abilities more than being born with an illness.

I'm half-tired, so sorry if this doesn't make much sense. -_-