Nature Versus Nurture

Have you ever seen the Wall Street Journal commercial where two twins are separated at birth? One reads Fisherman Magazine and the other reads the Wall Street Journal. The one that reads the Fisherman Magazine still lives at home in a dirty house and wears a red checked shirt. The one that reads the Wall Street Journal is a CEO by the time he is 25 and lives in a nice big house and wears a …

…would-be presidential assassin son, agree that nurture matters little. And yet Virginia Kelley, if she were still alive, would probably argue that President Clinton’s personality and his drive to succeed were due in large part to her unconditional love and support for him.” It seems that in society the opinions of Nature versus Nurture vary from case to case. I tend to lean towards Nurture with one foot firmly planted on the Nature side.