Podcast

I listened to a broadcast about the brain, where it talked about how much of what we do is hardwired into our brains from birth and that most human brains start out the same. The podcast addressed a bit of the nature versus nature case with a scientific background. The nature versus nature debate is in simple terms what affects a childs reasoning and actions, is it that they were born that way or is it the way they were raised.There was an interesting study talked about that involved puppets and cookies that showed even babies understand the concept of retribution and other basic natural laws. It also talked quite a bit about frontal lobe leasions which have been known to impare the judgment of the individual yet currently in a court of law it is not an acceptable defence, due to the fact that the majority of people with these leasions get along just fine and never find themselves in jails or even before the courts. The end analysis that was given is that everyone is indeed responsible for their own actions, none the less there are indeed biologic factors that are also involved. As far as the show went it very well man have abeen the most dry and annoying hour I have ever spent, with the interviewers voice causeing my body to tense every time she spoke and the subject getting less and less interesting as they went along. I did perservere though and I made it through all 51 minutes, and I will hopefully never have to again.