Do those with genetic disorders still apply to the nature vs nurture debate?
Let me reverse your phrasing. The question is whether the nature/nurture debate applies to those with genetic disorders. I’ll assume you mean conditions like cystic fibrosis or Downs syndrome, etc..The answer is yes. For example, for most of human existence, most did not survive childhood. For those who did, the average life span was about 34. 50 was ancient. In Mother Africa, sickle cell anemia had the early effect of minimizing the effect of malaria, with the later effects painful and deadly, but the later effects didn’t fully kick in until after 34 or so, and thus had a big advantage in reproduction, especially since most died of other things before malaria killed them. There may not be anything very adaptive about breathing and intellectual disorders, but there is no denying the interaction of nature and nurture in all such cases, one way or another.
