Nature v Nurture

from Ensonglopedia of the Human by John Hinton

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Nature versus nurture, round 1.

First out of the gate, let me set the record straight:
I believe I was born as a blank slate,
Susceptible to influence, suggestible, impressionable.
I’m not made by fate: I am a being I create.

Yo check this out, before you stands a prime example
Of a creature of nature, and I’ll give you ample
Reasons to doubt this nurture-worship that he spouts.
Over all his logic to the contrary I’ll trample.

Nature versus nurture, round 2.

How on Earth can everything about who I am
Be decided before I’ve set foot in a pram?
I can blatantly choose to be anything I want to be.
My gene set is not a computer programme.
You’re a sham.

Am I really? Do you think you see it clearly?
Do you think you have an ounce of free will? No, not nearly.
Genes affect your height, weight, gait, shape, sight,
Likes, dislikes, insides, outsides, the whole caboodle. Yours sincerely.

Nature versus nurture, final round.

Okay, I’ll give you height, but I won’t give you weight.
How much I weigh depends on how much I ate,
And since I choose with my nut what I put in my gut,
Your faith in determinism really starts to grate.

But your appetite depends on ingrained instincts.
Genes will also regulate the way a person thinks.
DNA also works upon character quirks.
Your obsolete insistence upon nurturism really stinks.

Who wins? Which song’s next? You decide!

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