PSI Blog 20251201 The Nature-Nurture Resolution
The finite universe
of the Big Bang has no nurture.
Both the ball (a
microcosm) and the bat (macrocosm) contribute to the homerun. Credit: Chris
Chow in Unsplash.com.
Anon asks:
“Hi, Glenn. I’ve been listening to the 2nd edition of
your Magnum Opus, The Scientific Worldview, for several days now (that AI
reader is shocking).
My understanding is
the Univironmental perspective gives equal weight to Nature and Nurture in a
person’s development and life. I
disagree, it seems that Nurture is far more important in a person’s physical,
cognitive, and social development as well as where a person ultimately is
education-wise, financially, socially, politically, and intellectually, at the
end of their life. Nurture can destroy a
person’s potential before they are born, it can determine a person’s fate in
utero, for example a pregnant woman who smokes, consumes alcohol, or illicit
drugs and causes her child to be born with cognitive disabilities that can
never be corrected. Similarly, a Fascist
Plutocracy can turn a population or segments of a population into idiots and
destroyers who constantly act against their own interests for generations. I don’t see the equal contribution of biology
and environment, or am I misunderstanding your position on these matters?”
[GB: Thanks for the
question. The nature vs. nurture debate is resolved by univironmental
determinism (what happens to a portion of the universe depends on the infinite
matter in motion within and without). In the figure above both the bat and the
ball contribute to the homerun. In sex, both the male and the female contribute
to the production of offspring. In each case, an analysis that ignores one or
the other would be incorrect. Does the baseball bat and the woman do more work
in producing those effects. Sure. Per the
Second Assumption of Science, causality (All effects have an infinite number of material causes) you could
begin a list of the causes with the ball and the male clearly being near the
top.
Folks like to debate
the relationship between the within and without endlessly, with both of those
changing constantly. Some of these errors are pronounced. Obviously, the Big
Bang universe clearly overemphasizes the observed universe by considering it finite,
either existing in an imagined void or being wrapped up in Einstein’s phantasmagoric
four dimensions. Cosmogonists imagine it has no “without,” when the “without”
of the Infinite Universe actually is everywhere. Although each portion of the
universe is the result of the univironmental convergence of other portions,
that does not apply to the Infinite Universe itself, because it exists
everywhere.
The primary problem
with the finite universe of the Big Bang Theory is that it has no obvious
cause. True, some have considered dark energy to have been the cause. But
energy is neither matter nor motion, it is a calculation. So, one has to
consider the motivations of those who do that. In that case the motivation is
religious.[1] It
is why we call the Big Bang Theory the “Last Creation Myth.”
Here is the very
latest on nature-nurture demonstrating the effect of nurture:
Horvath, Jared C.,
and Fabricant, Katie, 2025, IQ differences of identical twins reared apart are
significantly influenced by educational differences: Acta Psychologica, v. 257,
p. 105072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105072
The difference for
identical twins is about 15 IQ points as a result of one of the twins having a
more enriched macrocosm. I suspect that is about the same as with and without a
Ph.D. or equivalent study. One simply memorizes more than the other. Any activity
(especially in sports) requires 10,000 hrs. of repetition (i.e., practice
including muscle memory) to become professional caliber.
Two children can be very
different adults despite being raised in the same house. One may be very active
and ambitious and other one may be the opposite. So, I guess you would say
nature is the most important. The point is that major influences can be either
within or without, but neither can exist without the other. A homerun does not
occur without both a batter and a pitcher. Each portion of the Infinite
Universe cannot exist without the portions that surround it. Cosmogonists
have yet to figure that out.]
PSI Blog 20251201
Thanks for reading
Infinite Universe Theory! Get your copy of the just-released Second Edition of
"The Scientific Worldview" to see the step-by-step logic leading
to the rational view of the cosmos. Be part of the “Last Cosmological
Revolution,” the demise of the “Last Creation Myth,” and the age of
enlightenment to come. Buy Now.
[1] Borchardt, Glenn, 2020,
Religious Roots of Relativity: Berkeley, California, Progressive Science
Institute, 160 p. https://go.glennborchardt.com/RRR-ebk
PSI Blog 20251201 The
Nature-Nurture Resolution
The finite universe
of the Big Bang has no nurture.
Both the ball (a
microcosm) and the bat (macrocosm) contribute to the homerun. Credit: Chris
Chow in Unsplash.com.
Anon asks:
“Hi, Glenn. I’ve been listening to the 2nd edition of
your Magnum Opus, The Scientific Worldview, for several days now (that AI
reader is shocking).
My understanding is
the Univironmental perspective gives equal weight to Nature and Nurture in a
person’s development and life. I
disagree, it seems that Nurture is far more important in a person’s physical,
cognitive, and social development as well as where a person ultimately is
education-wise, financially, socially, politically, and intellectually, at the
end of their life. Nurture can destroy a
person’s potential before they are born, it can determine a person’s fate in
utero, for example a pregnant woman who smokes, consumes alcohol, or illicit
drugs and causes her child to be born with cognitive disabilities that can
never be corrected. Similarly, a Fascist
Plutocracy can turn a population or segments of a population into idiots and
destroyers who constantly act against their own interests for generations. I don’t see the equal contribution of biology
and environment, or am I misunderstanding your position on these matters?”
[GB: Thanks for the
question. The nature vs. nurture debate is resolved by univironmental
determinism (what happens to a portion of the universe depends on the infinite
matter in motion within and without). In the figure above both the bat and the
ball contribute to the homerun. In sex, both the male and the female contribute
to the production of offspring. In each case, an analysis that ignores one or
the other would be incorrect. Does the baseball bat and the woman do more work
in producing those effects. Sure. Per the
Second Assumption of Science, causality (All effects have an infinite number of material causes) you could
begin a list of the causes with the ball and the male clearly being near the
top.
Folks like to debate
the relationship between the within and without endlessly, with both of those
changing constantly. Some of these errors are pronounced. Obviously, the Big
Bang universe clearly overemphasizes the observed universe by considering it finite,
either existing in an imagined void or being wrapped up in Einstein’s phantasmagoric
four dimensions. Cosmogonists imagine it has no “without,” when the “without”
of the Infinite Universe actually is everywhere. Although each portion of the
universe is the result of the univironmental convergence of other portions,
that does not apply to the Infinite Universe itself, because it exists
everywhere.
The primary problem
with the finite universe of the Big Bang Theory is that it has no obvious
cause. True, some have considered dark energy to have been the cause. But
energy is neither matter nor motion, it is a calculation. So, one has to
consider the motivations of those who do that. In that case the motivation is
religious.[1] It
is why we call the Big Bang Theory the “Last Creation Myth.”
Here is the very
latest on nature-nurture demonstrating the effect of nurture:
Horvath, Jared C.,
and Fabricant, Katie, 2025, IQ differences of identical twins reared apart are
significantly influenced by educational differences: Acta Psychologica, v. 257,
p. 105072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105072
The difference for
identical twins is about 15 IQ points as a result of one of the twins having a
more enriched macrocosm. I suspect that is about the same as with and without a
Ph.D. or equivalent study. One simply memorizes more than the other. Any activity
(especially in sports) requires 10,000 hrs. of repetition (i.e., practice
including muscle memory) to become professional caliber.
Two children can be very
different adults despite being raised in the same house. One may be very active
and ambitious and other one may be the opposite. So, I guess you would say
nature is the most important. The point is that major influences can be either
within or without, but neither can exist without the other. A homerun does not
occur without both a batter and a pitcher. Each portion of the Infinite
Universe cannot exist without the portions that surround it. Cosmogonists
have yet to figure that out.]
PSI Blog 20251201
Thanks for reading
Infinite Universe Theory! Get your copy of the just-released Second Edition of
"The Scientific Worldview" to see the step-by-step logic leading
to the rational view of the cosmos. Be part of the “Last Cosmological
Revolution,” the demise of the “Last Creation Myth,” and the age of
enlightenment to come. Buy Now.
[1] Borchardt, Glenn, 2020,
Religious Roots of Relativity: Berkeley, California, Progressive Science
Institute, 160 p. https://go.glennborchardt.com/RRR-ebk
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