Appeals Quote by Steven Pinker

Genes are rarely about inevitability, especially when it comes to humans, the brain, or behavior. They're about vulnerability, propensities, tendencies.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Genes have plenty to do with behavior. Even more appropriately, all behavioral traits are affected to some degree by genetic variability.65 They have to…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Genes do not determine human behavior; they merely predispose people to act in certain ways. Genes explain a lot, probably far more than is…

— Nicholas Wade

“This is implied in the assertion that a man shows certain behavior because he was “born that way.” To object to this is not…

— B.F. Skinner

The question is not whether but how do the actions of a given gene influence some interesting aspect of behavior.

— Jeffrey C. Hall

Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain…

— Steven Pinker

“Most psychologists believe that nature—genetics—accounts for about half of the reason why we tend to act the way we do. His point is simply…

— Malcolm Gladwell

The interaction of genetic and external influences makes my behaviour unpredictable, but not undetermined. In the gap between those words lies freedom.

— Matt Ridley

Of course, genes can't pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and the brain…

— Steven Pinker

Knowing that changing lifestyle changes our genes is often very motivating - not to blame, but to empower.

— Dean Ornish

“That genes explain our behaviour and well-being distracts attention from society as a cause; such ideas also encourage us to accept or pursue chemical,…

— Oliver James

You know, there's a tremendous amount of genetic propensity not necessarily for what TV shows you like but for literally how you view the…

— Mayim Bialik