A genetically inspired inclination in behavior is an extraordinary proposition. Although a developing human may have a chance to perform a large variety of physical maneuvers and intellectual tasks, how one comes to specialize into an individual involves practice with some abilities and dismissal of others.
The concept of niche-picking attempts to account for the processes of this phenomenon by suggesting each human is born with certain capacities which later cause related tendencies to seek out particular nurturing experiences. This selectivity of behavior would therefore be due in part to the unique sequences within inherited genetic codes and also to each human being’s exposure to external influences in the environment.
Many monotheistic interpretations of the events, occupations and outcome of an individual life are quite resolute in accepting that all they are and ever will be is already firmly recorded in the book of life, which is rather similar to the strictly nature approach. A more philosophical approach would lead one to encounter those who suppose that we are merely creatures of collected experiences mechanically responding to environmental influences under the illusion of free will, which reeks rather heavily of a strictly nurture argument. The theory of niche-picking seems most probable simply because it recognizes the combined effect of genes and opportunity upon human development.
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