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Topic: Mystery of Individuality
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Dervish
Knowflake Posts: 328
From: California
Registered: Nov 2006
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posted December 12, 2007 12:47 PM
 
The question is generally how much is environmental (or learned) and how much is genetic (or innate). (Natch, spirit and soul generally aren't considered.) Maybe it's neither...So it looks to me given the case of Abby & Brittany:
http://www.kk.org/truefilms/archives/2007/08/joined_for_life_1.php quote:
As 16-year-old girls, they are clearly very different personalities, and distinct people sharing one frame. Despite their different tastes in fashions, they have to negotiate and cooperate on what to wear in the morning, what to type when instant messaging (each one controls each hand), what to eat, and when to do --- everything! The issues of identity and boundaries of self are wobbly. When IM'ing the girls say "I" instead of "we". But what happens when they date? Or, even more mind boggling, marry? Most of these philosophical and medical questions are left unasked. Their family is intent on not letting them become medical subjects or media celebrities, so they have spent their lives in a very small town in Minnesota, going to high school and trying to be as normal as one could be -- if you have two heads
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_and_Brittany_Hensel To think that individuality is something that transcends genetics and environment both (though both leave their imprint, no question)... IP: Logged |
maklhouf
Knowflake Posts: 1392
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Registered: Nov 2003
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posted December 14, 2007 05:52 AM
Try:
A personality is not something you create, but something others project on to you.------------------
The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;
Matthew 21:42 IP: Logged | |
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