Genetically influenced behavior is not necessarily good and not necess…

Steven Pinker
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Genetically influenced behavior is not necessarily good and not necessarily unchangeable. Explanations of bad behavior that appeal to genes do not absolve a person any more than do explanations that appeal to upbringing.
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