It's Evolutionary My Dear Watson (Week 6 Post 3)

The nature vs. nurture principle asks what percentage of behavior and specificcharacter traits is related to genes compared to the percentage related toenvironment. Watson says that since `nurture' is hard to quantitate even thoughits role is evident in such examples as the second child who is completelydifferent than the first born (I have one of those), he chooses to focus onnature or genetics.Watson suggests that a bright child is bright more so because of good genes thanbecause of good teachers. However, we do know that environment does play somepart in this whole puzzle. Establishing how large a part is not so easy. Allhumans have different potentials but if certain genetic mutations can beattributed to neurological disorders then we can begin to better predict andeventually control the occurrences of autism, schizophrenia, depression,alzheimers, etc. Watson enlists the help of eager young scientists to help inhis search for a genetic basis for neurological disorders.