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Nature vs. Nurture: Do They Mold Who We Become? When it comes to Nature vs. Nurture there are two words that come to mind: Heredity and Environment. Scientist and experts believe that these two subjects are the main ingredients to making us who we are and who we become. When scientist and experts try and portray this to me through scholarly journals or speeches I sort of zone out because a lot of what they have to say, though interesting and very thought provoking, are just theories and myths themselves. Some of these myths are proven, but those that are proven are mostly from the scientific study of heredity. In her short essay, Nature vs. Nurture, Are We Really Born That Way? , Kimberly Powell, a Clinical Psychologist, states that “You got your green eyes from your mother and your freckles from your father. But where did you get your thrill-seeking personality and talent for singing?”(1) This is very true because a supremely talented artist, singer, musician, sports star, writer, etc. can come from a family that has never had one of the traits to pass on to the beholder. I am a thrill-seeker to a great extent, but neither of my parents or relatives have anything to do with something like skydiving, surfing, racing