PS - Sorry, Sidney Sweeney - No Genetic Correlation Between Eye/Hair/Skin Color and Personality

 

I reposted this because when I edited it, this morning, I somehow deleted the most important sentence, which I've now included in the title!

So when I wrote my original post, I hadn't seen the live ad yet, where she unfortunately speaks: 

"Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color."

Erm - nope.

Girl, you need to go back to college long enough to study the difference between temperament vs. personality - what is genetic and what isn't.

Baseline temperament is genetic.

Personality is NOT genetic - it's environmental/cultural, developing over time.

(Most experts are in agreement that personality develops by age 9, but can change after life experience).

*** More importantly, despite myths,  there is no scientific evidence of any correlation whatsoever between skin/eye/hair color and temperament OR personality.***

Now the furor makes more sense - and yet I still think it's a bit of an overreaction/distraction from bigger issues. 

I'm sorry she's so ignorant  (and apparently Republican) - and yet still, focus people - bigger fish to fry!?!