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Re: Heredity angle

Posted: 29 Oct 2015, 08:01
by Jausten11
As a Biology Teacher by day, I understand how there would be other underlying factors that were genetic, leading one to murder. Though I do agree that it wasn't realistic. Loved the book either way.

Re: Heredity angle

Posted: 01 Nov 2015, 05:28
by stoppoppingtheP
Yes, I definitely agree that a person cannot have a murder gene.

Re: Heredity angle

Posted: 28 Dec 2015, 07:29
by Morgan_Malone
While I do believe that people can be genetically predisposed to being violent or having psychopathic traits this does not mean at all that the person has to be a murderer. There are statistically many people who classify as psychopaths who live normal nonviolent, crime free lives. So to me the idea that you can say someone is a murderer because they have this certain gene is ridiculous.

Re: Heredity angle

Posted: 20 Jun 2016, 13:23
by Sarah_Khan
I don't believe it's 100% crap, I think a lot of who we are comes from our genes and probably more than we would like to admit. But there are also people who have parents that are murderers and they don't turn out to be murderers so I think it's kind of a combination of a lot of things. So genes do play some role.

Re: Heredity angle

Posted: 20 Jul 2020, 12:49
by Dominik_G
Although I do believe there might be a genetic factor behind psychopathic and/or homicidal traits, I also believe that simply those do not guarantee that someone will actually turn out to be a murderer, and being convicted solely based on the presence of certain genes is legally not possible - absolutely rightly so, in my opinion. I actually thought this whole story line was a little unrealistic and too much.

Re: Heredity angle

Posted: 15 Feb 2024, 02:39
by Onyinyechi Obi
All in all, I find it astounding how far science has progressed. They can identify a single genetic strand that carries a single trait that has been passed down through the generations. At first, I thought it was interesting, but as the book went on, my eyes began to glaze over.