There are nature and nurture components to virtually every behavior a human experiences. The research effort lies only … - John Medina

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There are nature and nurture components to virtually every behavior a human experiences. The research effort lies only in finding the relevant percentages, not on some absolute value. That's one of the reasons behavioral scientists have to be really good statisticians.

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