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In the battle of nature versus nurture, nurture has a new recruit: epigenetics – brought in from molecular biology to give scientific heft to the argument that genes are not destiny. The overwhelming evidence for genetic effects on our psychological traits conjures up a fatalistic vision for many people, one in which we are slaves to our biology, not in control of our own psyche and our own behaviour.

Source: What Impact Does Epigenetics Have On Our Psychology?