He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
I was doing some chemistry reading today for a test, and I came across the quote: "portions of the DNA structure are as unique to each individual as fingerprints."Imagine if that wasn't true, though. What if all DNA was the same? What if all 6.whatever billion people in the world all had variations on the same strands of DNA? Of course, we wouldn't all look exactly alike. Some people would have scars, some of us would be thinner or heavier, we'd have different haircuts, etc. But essentially, we would all be different outgrowings of the same person. Would physical attraction still exist?
We would all have the same basic personality traits, unless you believe that we are all born blank slates. But even then, how much of our personality and experiences are based on our physicality? The "athlete" personality, the "ugly duckling" phenomenon, etc. How much of who we are is based on how we look? How much of how we're treated is based on how others see us? If we all looked like the same person, how would we perceive strangers?
-Aubrey
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