Can anyone tell me things about Nature vs Nurture?
For the “nature” end of things, look up genetics, DNA, and heredity. That’s because we inherit genes in the form of DNA and that process is summarized as “nature.” So that part determines whether we will have brown eyes or blue eyes or some other color; curly hair or straight hair; and it will have some effect on whether we will end up tall or short. But now, even if you have inherited genes that would give you the potential to be tall, you might not end up very tall if you didn’t get enough food when you were a child. That’s the effect the environment has on you. That’s called “nurture” in this debate, but environmental effects are not as popular as genetic effects these days and may be a little harder to pin down. You might have to look up specific problems like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, prematurity and so on to begin to tease out some of those environmental factors. Now, if you go the ScienceDaily, Eurekalert, PNAS, PLoS, Nature, and other good science sites, you’ll find a we
