Nature Assumption (was Asbergers)

Julia Thompson degges at chiba.3jane.net
Wed Jun 25 21:13:09 PDT 2008



On Thu, 26 Jun 2008, William T Goodall wrote:

> The dynastic tendency in families is a counterexample to this. It's very 
> noticeable how the children of doctors tend to be doctors or 
> veterinarians. Also politics, acting, sports, music and writing. There 
> are some second-generation cosmonauts and astronauts now. The odds 
> against that would be astronomical if parents didn't influence their 
> children :-)

And the odds of 2 mathematicians raising someone who would become a 
mathematician would be incalculable.

 	Julia



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