2010/12/8 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > It's hard to claim that there is nothing genetic about it, though.
Actually, it is just as easy to claim there is nothing genetic about it as there is otherwise. Again, I'm not trying to preclude people exploring the possibilities of this. I just doubt it given the evidence people have shown. Might as well claim that people from some poor district in China could not possibly be good at computers, since there is no evidence that they can be. (I hope everyone sees I don't feel that way.) > *interest* in this kind of activity is simply not there? Or maybe just a > matter of taste, like food or color preference? I was under the impression that food/color preference is more learned than genetic. > Maybe I could be a great lawyer, I just don't have any interest in that > profession, and it's probably for genetic and maybe gender related reasons. Or... maybe it is entirely a cultural/upbringing thing. It is possible that, had more of your friends gone into law related fields, you would have as well. > Why not extend this line of thought to computer science? I'm not against extending the logic, so much as I suspect it is false entirely. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
