Posted by alexandra_k on November 14, 2005, at 12:00:53
In reply to Re: This was a rhetorical question everyone » alexandra_k, posted by mama141 on November 7, 2005, at 8:53:29
> We spent one term at university in Dunedin -- it was a great time, wonderful folks and terrific food. (I seem to remember being a bit chilly some of the time however.)
I haven't been down south since I was a little kid. Yeah, I've heard it gets pretty cold down there.
> We've not really spent much time on the North Island yet.
:-)
THats where I'm from. Its warmer the further up you go...> Our oldest son has worked with Native Americans (he's a doc) and he says he has little doubt that there is a "genetic predisposition" of some type, but he says just what you did. He refers to it as "cultural depression".
Yeah. The nature / nurture debate has been settled. I'm not sure how many people know this... But the debate really has been settled once and for all. And the answer it BOTH. And there it is. If you try and argue that it all comes down to nature it is just too easy to find counter-examples, and if you try and argue that it all comes down to nurture it is just too easy to find counter-examples.
The difficulty... Lies in detailing just what the inherited as opposed to environmental componant is... But then... That is probably fairly idiosyncratic across individuals...
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