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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I am shocked that some here seem to be saying that genetics have nothing to do with "smarts." Not everyone is born an Einstein. Not everyone is born a Michelangelo or a D'avinci or a Whitney Houston. Sure, I am sure Einstein's environment helped him thrive but not amount of prepping would have made him as smart as he was. My mom, no matter how much training she might have received never would have been a singer like Whitney. For heaven's sake, science is even finding that often people's mannerisms and personalities are greatly influenced by genetics. A family member had triplets and it was obvious at a few months of age that one was the anxious sort, another was the relaxed, happy go lucky sort, and the other was in between despite having the same environment! They have also found that identical twins raised apart often have the same mannerisms and other things in common as well. So for people to say the genes having nothing to do with "smarts" is just preposterous to me. Don't get me wrong, I think a nurturing environment helps, but it certainly is not everything.[/quote]

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