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Originally Posted by SacTown Chronic
But are the increased odds due to genetics or is it because they watched mom and dad slug down the booze day after day and they know no other way?
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I'm not going to get into this. The same arguments of nature vs. nurture can be had for alcoholism, homosexualtiy, philanthropy, disney fan-dom, gambling addiction, philately (no, not that), or any number of personality traits. It's becoming more and more clear that the answer lies somewhere in between, that genetics lays out a path of possibilities and predispositions and environment/experience shapes which paths are taken. But neither is a guarantee of anything and it's a complex interaction.