Genes versus influences ...?

What would you say... what weighs more...genes or the upbringing, schooling and/or influences in a person's life?
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LFA
I would think that!
It would be the Up Bringing. Because that it something that we remember from home.
talk to hand But! Also schooling. Because that is something that we learn.

Genes! Hmmm. That depends!...popcorn
Genes play the pivotal role, everything else is peripheral. But yes, upbringing, schooling etc. may come to play in the centre if brainwashed in the tender age. Just my thoughts.
The answer for me is that you need both equally. Potential without education is useless and education without potential is pointless. The same applies to ability: Ability without opportunity is useless(and dangerous), opportunity without ability is pointless(and dangerous).
Maybe just a good knock on the head, I read where some people who had somekind of head trauma became highly intelligent, for example, able to speak 5 languages, and super mathematicians. Now don't practice this at home,as it doesn't work on everyone, a member already tried it without much successapplause laugh
I would argue that the lion's share of problems in the West are caused by our inability to correctly value merit. In some cases we provide education and opportunity way beyond a person's genetic worth, and in other cases we neglect education and opportunity to the genetically worthy.

Imo 80% of western people are either "clever sillies" with a little knowledge proving to be a dangerous thing, or if they do have common sense they are apathetic and disenfranchised. This situation arises from over-educating too many genetic morons and under-educating too many genetic superiors.
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