thomblake comments on Action and habit - Less Wrong

90 Post author: Swimmer963 02 June 2011 02:59PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 June 2011 10:19:04PM * 15 points [-]

Anyone can develop any “character trait.”

This claim struck me as somewhat more strong than can be supported. The neurological and genetic basis for some "character traits" is real.

Comment author: thomblake 03 June 2011 01:33:58PM 4 points [-]

This is at least trivially true - some common human character traits cannot in practice be attained by squirrels or trees, for instance.