You Are A Genius

[MikeLigalig.com]

Those who think geniuses are born and not made should think again, says author David Shenk.

Where do athletic and artistic abilities come from? With phrases like "gifted musician", "natural athlete" and "innate intelligence", we have long assumed that talent is a genetic thing some of us have and others don't.

But new science suggests the source of abilities is much more interesting and improvisational. It turns out that everything we are is a developmental process and this includes what we get from our genes.

A century ago, geneticists saw genes as robot actors, always uttering the same lines in exactly the same way, and much of the public is still stuck with this old idea. In recent years, though, scientists have seen a dramatic upgrade in their understanding of heredity.

They now know that genes interact with their surroundings, getting turned on and off all the time. In effect, the same genes have different effects depending on who they are talking to. - BBC

[Sigbin II]

So, does this mean that Lamarckism may have some merit?

[hubag bohol]

Maybe geniuses can be made but it looks like their genius dies with them.

[Lorenzo]

how i wish. but i am content in being just 'average' in intelligence.