Nature and Nurture
Nature determines about 50 percent of the person you are.
Nurture determines the other 50 percent.
One scientist talks about the “dance” between nature and nurture.
Everything begins with nature.
But experience and education-nurture-“turn on” genes (like a radio!).
Then genes lead you to look for certain experience.
Together, both nature and nurture make you the person you are.
(Hartmann Blass, Quest : intro Reading and Writing, 2 edition, 2007)