Do you believe in nature or nurture?

[MisLo]

I believe it's a bit of both

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Do you believe people are the way they are because it's their nature or the way they were raised

[HighlyVolatile]

I put almost 100% on nurture even though I don't think it's true. It's not a matter of truth or false to me. It's a matter of becoming the best versions of ourselves.

I have posted things like my FFMI (fat-free mass index) on here and people said I must be using steroids. I've never used steroids. It doesn't matter either way.

If people want to blame my genetics and want to skip training as I do, they are missing out on becoming the best they can be. Maybe they can't be like me in spite of working as hard as me (which actually isn't all that hard). But they are depriving themselves of becoming better out of the idea that I'm born that way which I find to be a big problem.

[HighlyVolatile]

You know, like Beethoven became a legend even though he started going deaf when very young (although it might have been more attributed to nurture; it doesn't make a difference in his case because he didn't know about it). He didn't obsess about these faults. He composed symphonies regardless. So I don't like the idea of blaming gifted people on their genetics too much because it might deprive people of unleashing their full potential.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Coming from rotten or good genes and bloodline will definitely play a more major role in a person personality, so nature definitely trumps nurture by far.

A person badly treated or badly raised can still grow up from those experiences and become a decent person and use their bad experiences to help others who are suffering what they suffered growing up versus someone who's nature is either totally rotten or decent wired and doesn't have or inherited a disgusting spirit from their bloodline.

[dovendyret]

It is both.

We are born with disposition for personality traits & way of being but how we're met by the world has an affect on how we become and what we know. Socialization and our experiences do shape who we are & how we react.

[Guardian45]

Well-said!

[Guardian45]

So everyone is dealt a genetic hand. You're constrained by that nature, but NOT restricted by it.
The differentiating factor is nurture. Given suitable nurturing, a poor genetic hand can be turned into a winner! So BOTH!

[aceleon]

nature. you are what you are born at, one can't deny his nature.

[OtterMan68]

Mostly nurture.

I'd say a person's personality is 70% nurture and 30% nature

[jahaims]

It would depend on what you are talking about. A lot of things are both.

[anylolone]

I believe nature makes nurture and nurture makes nature.

[TenkRealist]

Both.

[Anonymous]

Both
by the way nice cleavage 😏

[Passing_by]

Need more context.

[MisLo]

Do you believe people are the way they are because it's their nature or the way they were raised

[Passing_by]

Same as you, it's both.

[Wise4myage]

I believe in both.

[Anonymous]

I believe it