Does genetics determine behavior? The case of the Cuckoo bird.

[andersonnnunes]

Soon after its birth, the common cuckoo kills his competitors.


Some questions to which I don't have an answer: how does it know that it has to do that to survive? Did it receive knowledge from its genes? Any chance that human behavior could also be a direct result of having certain genes?

 

[Arnox]

How do you breathe? How do you move your body? Simple hardwired instinct. Obviously some forms of life have to rely on that instinct a lot more than we do to survive.

 

[gaijinkaiju]

Survival instinct. Less competition = more food.
Also related, there's research being done into whether or not a violent gene exists, that suggests some people have a genetic predisposition to being violent/psychopaths/sociopaths

 

[Arnox]

Also related, there's research being done into whether or not a violent gene exists, that suggests some people have a genetic predisposition to being violent/psychopaths/sociopaths

What if you have a predisposition to being violent but you're the opposite of a sociopath and detest harming anyone even somewhat innocent?

 

[gaijinkaiju]

I'd say nature vs nurture in that case. that even if you're predisposed to be a sociopath so long as you've been given the right upbringing, you could avoid being a sociopath. Conversely if given the wrong upbringing you'd be more likely to become a sociopath

 

[infinityshock]

Survival instinct. Less competition = more food.
Also related, there's research being done into whether or not a violent gene exists, that suggests some people have a genetic predisposition to being violent/psychopaths/sociopaths

yea...and they found out theres no such thing. theres no predisposition to being incapable of functioning in a civilized society. its a factor of basic hormonal levels combined with upbringing along with any physical damage or head trauma.

there are several cases of identical twins being separated at birth where one goes into adulthood with a prison sentence of 'life' while the other goes through life as a successful, productive member of society without so much as a traffic ticket.

this is why niggers have a proven propensity for violence and incarceration: a hormonal level favorable to rash violence, mental capacity lacking higher thought processes and impulse control, combined with the upbringing in households with parental figures (or singular figure) not necessarily their biological parents which are incapable of providing the proper role model.

 

[infinityshock]

What if you have a predisposition to being violent but you're the opposite of a sociopath and detest harming anyone even somewhat innocent?

wrong sub-forum, retard

this belongs in the 'science' subforum

get off your lazy fat granny-panty wearing ass and move it to its proper place

 

[Dragonwinged]

What if you have a predisposition to being violent but you're the opposite of a sociopath and detest harming anyone even somewhat innocent?

I happen to have an extra male chromosome. This is supposedly why I managed to reach 6"2'. It also means i get an extra dose of testosterone compared normal "xy" chromosome people. Apparently the doctors toldmy mother I was more likely to end up in prison for violent crimes because of this. Well, after 31 years of lifen the only crime I know I've committed is copyright infringement. (I'm not calling it piracy because that's an insult to actual pillaging pirates. Also, selling a switch 2 on ebay for $1500 and calling it scalping is an insult to the indians who actually scalped people. Tangent over.)

This isn't to say I haven't had violent fantasies. I'm a writer, and violent content is popular. I've had sone rather vivid dreams of being a werewolf and fanging unsuspecting mafia goons. (...I think I'll wait for someone to ask before defining 'fanging')

 

[Arnox]

I'm not calling it piracy because that's an insult to actual pillaging pirates.

Somehow, I don't think those pirates from the 1700s care much anymore.

Also, selling a switch 2 on ebay for $1500 and calling it scalping is an insult to the indians who actually scalped people.

Are we supposed to respect the act of scalping or something? Is this now a sacred practice?

This isn't to say I haven't had violent fantasies

Destruction has... A certain beauty to it that I think is oft overlooked. Destruction is, in a knee-jerk way, seen as always evil, but it is not. Not always anyway.

What is there about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it? It's perpetual motion; the thing man wanted to invent but never did. Or almost perpetual motion. If you let it go on, it'd burn our lifetimes out. What is fire? It's a mystery. Scientists give us gobbledegook about friction and molecules. But they don't really know. It's real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences. A problem gets too burdensome, then into the furnace with it. Now, Montag, you're a burden. And fire will lift you off my shoulders, clean, quick, sure; nothing to rot later. Antibiotic, aesthetic, practical.

 

[Dragonwinged]

Somehow, I don't think those pirates from the 1700s care much anymore.

Maybe the Somali pirates, they're still around, I think?

Are we supposed to respect the act of scalping or something? Is this now a sacred practice?

No, the problem with comparing digital piracy and resale scalping to these old violent crimes both devalues the violent crimes and equates mundane, morally gray actions to violent acts. Corporations want you to think that downloading a movie off the internet is just as bad as attacking a merchant ship and stealing the cargo, but morally it's not even close, especially since digital piracy oftentimes gets you better content than what's officially available. Just as buying a limited quantity item and reselling it for a higher price is scummy, but not nearly as bad as literally cutting the scalp off a man's head.

Okay, after writing this, I've noticed a few bugs with the site. Where do I report those?

 

[Arnox]

Okay, after writing this, I've noticed a few bugs with the site. Where do I report those?

Go ahead and put them in Help & Suggestions.

 

[LBJ]

I think upbringing has more to do with anything than genetics. Both of my so called 'parents' were prone to depression while I just don't go there. They were both weak while I am not. I have very bad genetics as to character building...but at least my parents were good looking.