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Is our personality and intelligence predetermined by our genes? How much of who we are is determined by genes and how much by the culture we live in and the events we go through?
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tagnature vs nurture
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tynamite
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2011 answer

The answer is that it's both.

Intelligence is both inherited and learnt.
Our personality is partly inherited from the day we're born, and partly constructed from our upbringing and the life we lived as a child to make us the way we are.

To examine what parts are inherited and which are acquired, that's a different question altogether. You could write an essay about that. I did, and it's really good. It's called Nature vs Nurture.

2019 Update

It has been found that genetics accounts for 60% of the grades of students.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/11/genetics-variation-exam-results1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25337953
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