Posted on 03/17/2005 3:23:14 PM PST by Jacob Kell
Genes may help determine how religious a person is, suggests a new study of US twins. And the effects of a religious upbringing may fade with time.
Until about 25 years ago, scientists assumed that religious behaviour was simply the product of a person's socialisation - or "nurture". But more recent studies, including those on adult twins who were raised apart, suggest genes contribute about 40% of the variability in a person's religiousness.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
If this comes from "new scientists" - I'll take the old ones.
I agree. I prefer my science from the 18th Century. After that, the science developed into a quasi-state religion and really contributed nothing more to the pool of know edge.
New ideas are just pesky distractions at best. Phrenology was the last of the true sciences.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for new ideas - and even research. I just don't know why so many "new scientists" waste time, brainpower, and (usually) tax dollars pursuing stuff of nincompoops.
I agree. As soon as I saw the word "psychologist" in the article I doubted it greatly but your quip fired my imagination.
And yet, many, especially those that experience conversion later in life, often display radical transformations in values, character, and behavior. What would explain this from the author's perspective? A gene transplant? ???
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