Reply #59: "Nature vs. Nurture" has been argued interminably.

[TahitiNut]

So my Nordic roots make me a better seaman? Well, I'm among fewer than 10% who don't get seasick ... but I suffered motion sickness in automobiles repeatedly as a child. Go figure.

At the same time, while I did well in a left-brained "factory method" school system, it was painful. I've found that I excel at learning with a right-brained supplement. For the "soft" subjects, I'm intensely experiential - kinesthetic.

I'm certain that ALL children would do better with a diverse teaching environment. That folks from a gene pool with an oral tradition (like the Nordic peoples!!!) would inherit (natural selection) WHATEVER genetic attributes that translate into such potential seems inarguable. What IS arguable is whether we even come close to comprehending the biological underpinnings of such performance in artificially-constructed systems. To argue that there's a "basketball gene" would be patently absurd. But that's what DU is presuming in the nonsensical 'discussion' of this particular topic.