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Do You Believe In Fate?
Australian Bastard:
I believe in ying & yang...if you doing/living in a way in tune wit either current, you meet things along the way that are also traveling along that current, thats why we gets deju vu, dats why shit seems to click sometimes, dats why sometimes shit seems to be fate...
Elevz:
I believe we agree, 7even. Like when:
--- Quote from: 7even on April 05, 2008, 03:57:32 AM ---I hate people who think that everybody could be a genius if only raised right. That's like saying everybody could play tennis like Federer if raised that way. What a load of crap.
Like when your ass is saying:
--- Quote ---Being 230lbs is another thing that may seem very much genetic, but honestly, don't you think food patterns and physical exercise are rather much culturally determined?
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It doesn't just seem genetic, it is. Of course, with a different personality and environment, some people tend to be more or less likely to be that way. No question about that. Still, there are people who could eat exactly what I eat and turn out completely different after a few months or even weeks.
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I didn't mean that it's all about physical exercise and food patterns. Your physical basis is what everything about you is based off. That's your genes, ever since your fertilisation putting together a body and a brain. All else is simply a matter of what happens to those physical aspects.
What I did mean to say with that example, is that it's next to impossible for a human being to weigh 230lbs without being responsible for it. Someone who runs for three hours each day, simply CANNOT weigh 230lbs. Someone with a totally healthy food pattern, simply CANNOT weigh 230lbs. Unless the 230lbs is all muscles, that is; else it would mean some serious overweight. And what is overweight, but a flood of nutrients (often in the form of carbohydrates) entering your body without being burnt? The answer is simple: lessen the input, and your body won't have so much to store. No matter how much your genes promote overweight, at the end of the day, your body doesn't generate energy out of the blue, nor does it function without burning energy. You surely can control what you eat and the amount of energy you use, can't you? Anyone can. There's genetic differences between people when it comes to how fast their bodies store fat, but the functioning is the same.
People often say practice will take them anywhere, but my usual response is that no matter how much I'd practice, I'll never break the marathon world record. But that doesn't mean I couldn't be a much better athlete than I am now. It's a matter of exercise.
You're right about the potential for intelligence, but that's hardly what we as humans consider 'true intelligence'. Hence why in psychology, they (see Philip E. Vernon) determine three different aspects of intelligence: on one side the genetical basis, on another your 'true' intellectual skills as influenced by genetics, culture and social environment, and the third aspect is measurable behavior as influenced by motivation, intellectual skills, personal situation and personality. All of which, with the exception of personal situation, are indirectly the results both genetics and environmental influences.
The conclusion is that you're neither in total control, nor totally helpless. You can do a whole lot about yourself, by simply being reasonable with reality. You can know the boundaries of what's possible, and reach for it.
7even:
--- Quote from: Eleven 2 Three on April 05, 2008, 05:26:59 AM ---I believe we agree
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Elevz:
8)
J Bananas:
yeah but it isn't exact and it's never set in stone.
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