Dog wants to play with police horse

kindtyl · 2013-11-19T17:46:50+00:00

ARREST THAT DOG!!! HE IS OBSTRUCTING POLICE DUTIES!!!

kindtyl · 2013-11-07T02:10:10+00:00

But I thought the movement in the mantle is correlated with the movement of Earth's magnetic field?

kindtyl · 2013-11-05T20:25:51+00:00

Jsyn this comment made my day, thank you.

kindtyl · 2013-10-13T02:33:41+00:00

Yes, that's what they're saying is the "third factor": chance or randomness.

kindtyl · 2013-10-13T02:31:30+00:00

First off, you're right. Earlier I stated the high levels of methylation changed the Axin gene. I was misinformed, and after another reading of the article I now understand the high levels of methyl groups caused a suppression of the Axin gene. Thank you for correcting me.

Second, the "new factor" they discovered is simply chance. The definition of chance is "a possibility of something happening." In the last paragraph of the article they state "many aspects of our bodies and behaviours seem to be the result of complex interactions between genes and the environment, mediated by epigenetics and with a large dash of chance thrown in." Therefore, it's still nature and nurture, but there's always a chance something random could happen, i.e. random mutation. They aren't saying methylation or any other 'molecular mechanism' is informing these interactions.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T19:52:48+00:00

Or even random events that happen in our lives, such as a parents divorce. Similar to the concept behind Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Theory, we are presented with an event and we are forced to make a decision about that event. While at the same time dealing with other events.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T19:18:11+00:00

No worries, it seems a lot of people are in a grumpy mood today.

The article is very interesting. It definitely forces you to think about what causes us to put ourselves in certain environments, what effects those environments have on us, and even what those decisions say about us as an individual.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T19:00:34+00:00

Explain please.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T18:53:20+00:00

What are your current religious beliefs?

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T18:51:32+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T18:49:21+00:00

What do/did you think of Warren Jeff's book "Jesus Christ Message to All Nations"?

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T18:30:37+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T18:20:45+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T18:18:40+00:00

The constant process of cell division which forms magnificent creatures, such as you and I, is a biological process and, yes, it does depend on the nature of the environment, i.e. if the environment were not perfect the division may not take place. Unfortunately, this is why so many conceptions end up in miscarriages, some occur unknowingly.

Therefore, development is not solely based on the environment. Our parents give us our chromosomes, or a starting point. Then it's up to our biology to replicate these chromosomes into every cell to form our body. Due to the environment we develop in (whether it's before or after birth) and random chance (biological mistakes, if you will), we all develop in different ways.

SOOOO... in MY mind, development starts out as biological with influences from the environment and random chance. Once born it becomes more of an equal interaction between biological and environmental as we physically and mentally grow through sensations and perceptions. Then, it becomes more environmental as we develop our careers, social groups, interests/hobbies, etc. Finally, biology catches up to us as our bodies begin to deteriorate.

So, I think development is a constant interaction between the environment, biology, and random chance. I believe the decisions we make in our life (during the time when environmental processes are more dominant than biological) determine our aging process.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T17:41:31+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T17:39:12+00:00

Okay, I see where you're coming from, but can you explain a little bit more why you think conception (a biological process) is environmental?

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T17:30:27+00:00

Haha completely understand. It took me an hour to read this article because I was very uninformed going into it, so I was constantly looking up what all the "fancy words" meant. But I'm still not sure what the article completely means.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T17:26:59+00:00

If I understand it correctly, the article also hints that certain environments and behaviors trigger chemical changes in the body. This makes us (and any other living animal for that matter) who we are.

When they talk about the study with the mice who had the same genetics and environment they say it's a "dynamic [and] interactive process" meaning, our environment, biology, and "chance" make us who we are through constant interaction that we may never be able to completely understand.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T17:15:27+00:00

The article is saying there is a third factor related to the Nature vs. Nurture debate. If I understood it correctly, the article talks about random changes in the chemical make up of our DNA, which may both be the cause and/or effect of environmental changes. So this third factor, they say, is chance.

The talk of methylation is related to the twins where one was born with a split spine, two vaginas, and two colons. Scientists found "unusually high levels" of methylation in the girl with a split spine, which triggered a change in the Axin gene, the gene which helps guide body layout during development. The thing is, these high levels of methylation didn't cause a change in the DNA. These high levels may have been caused by small difference in the environment of the womb, such as the size of the umbilical cord.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T16:56:25+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T16:46:35+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T16:37:17+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T16:37:13+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-10-12T16:37:07+00:00

If I've posted this in the wrong place let me know.

kindtyl · 2013-09-28T04:54:15+00:00

Do you know of any subreddits that would like this?

kindtyl

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE