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#human-personality
Edge.org
Nature vs nurture is a misplaced dychotomy
The most elementary error that people make in interpreting the effects of genes versus those of the environment is to assume that you can truly separate one from the other. Donald Hebb, the brilliant Canadian neuropsychologist, when asked whether nature or nurture contribute…
The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian)
Western and East Asian minds aren't so far apart
then we are talking about real and significant differences between the western and East Asian mind, including how westerners and easterners see themselves and others. Nevertheless, Nisbett is right not to make too much of this. It’s not as though the two cultures are so far…