It seems to me there is a huge amount of discourse using the idea of what you're genetically predisposed to and it seems to me that this generation of people have really just become used to such commentary. To me the mention of genetics seems to give people scientific credibility.
I mean if you say something is genetic, who can argue with that right?
Well honestly I feel that everything is naturally genetic. If it can reproduce then it does so through the scientific mechanism of genetic information so I've really come to think that those who use the word 'genetic' as part of their rhetoric and reasoning are pulling loosely to find something to give their reasons cred (unless you are actually a scientist and you have been doing your own research, in which case I'll put a sock in my mouth and give you the mic, but since this is my blog I'll carry on because my point is a bit more about the psychological consequence of speaking of genetic influence so frequently than about science).
The mere fact that you are human is genetic.
I am genetically human. My ancestors were humans and my descendents will be humans. That's really how genetics works as far as I know. Dunno where people think they can use genetics to explain much other than the instance of being human. If something is humanly possible then it is 100% genetic. Yes, I believe I am human and it's genetic.
And all things human are within the realm of genetic possibility.
To me it feels as if people would like to apply their imaginations to that and come up with all sorts of exceptions and show the huge, massive differences in genetics between different types of people. Like between oneself and one's neighbour. Soooo different. Your neighbours are probably aliens really. Which by that stage of discussion you've gone very far from science and are in the realm of science fiction.
My intent is then to ask, to what degree do we attach ideas and theories and opinions to something we believe is concrete and unchangeable like genetics and then suppose that the idea and theories and opinions are now true and real and likewise unchangeable?
