The Taste of Pain

An anonymous reader writes "The more the human genome is unraveled and previously non-genetic based attributes are now associated with a specific genetic function, such as physical and emotional pain and taste, it seems, to me, that our personalities appear to be much less influenced by out environment and more by our genes." A related article links your sense of taste to your risk for cancer, heart disease, etc.

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As my prof used to say

[Bendebecker]

How you turn out is due to: 90% genetic factors 5% upbringing and life experience factors 5% luck

Re:Enviorment, not Genes for personality...

[rve]

Yeah, and what's more, why aren't all americans violent religious zelots?

uhm, wait a minute...

Re:before we go any further...

[packeteer]

I dont believe we can choose to not eat. Have you ever seen someone just choose to not eat. In situations where people actually DO jsut stop eating there is something wrong. I just dont actually think that we have enough free will to choose to not eat. The consequences are so destructive that if you look at a case where someone DOES stop eating they probably are not living the same life someone who does eat is. Many disorders cause people to not eat and its obvious if someone isn't eating they have a problem. If someone claims to not be eating becuase it is their free will something is wrong. Since we are human we want to survive and its obvious without eating we wont survive. If someone doens't eat they obviously dont even want to survive which is considered not normal. Anyone who just gives up on surviving would be told that they have a problem that is most likely out of their control by a doctor.