nature vs nurture Options

[*tweeak*]

what do you think controls the way a person develops?

are people born athletic, or evil, or whatnot and theyll be that way however theyre raised or will can the personality of a person be changed by how there reared, like with gay people?

this is a fairly common debate, so you should be able to have some idea what im on about, i hope

[Spirited Away]

Oh very well, but I'm not good at being on the side I don't fully agree with... but before I set out, I would like to make my take on this clear. Nature and nurture contribute to certain traits and in my opinion, both weight equally, however, we must allow the possibilty that there are exceptions. And when we say that it is in "human nature" to do certain things, we obviously believe that the trait or characteristic is innate. But even Nature, something far older than human nature, can alter, thus the fact proves that human nature is not impossible to change.

There are quotes that express my views:

"Mother Nature has plainly not entrusted the determination of our intellectual capacities to the blind fate of a gene or genes; she gave us parents, learning, language, culture and education to program ourselves with." -M Ridley

''Nature makes the boy toward, nurture sees him forward.'' -Richard Mulcaster


So, the nurture arguement begins:

The controversy can never be settled with just nature, therefore, it's actually a question of which, nature or nurture, plays a more important role.

Can a child who is could be a musical genius becomes that genius without being exposed to any instruments or know about music? Can a child who could be a mathematician become one without being in an environment where he is challenged to play with numbers?

And then there is the question of genes passing from generations to generations. If it is nature, then shouldn't a man who is exceptionally intelligent sire a child who is equally intelligent?

Are people innately agressive, selfish or virtuous?


And the most important question of all: if all these are nature, how did it come to be in nature?