Is it genetic or upbringing?

[Ted King]

Sarcany wrote:
He's just parroting.

He's got the brainpower of a goldfish.

And he's considered the smarter of the two brothers.

[Janit]

pdq wrote:
Nature or nuture, or both?

Eric Trump claims coronavirus is Democratic hoax

In an interview with Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro [he said] "And guess what, after November 3, coronavirus will magically, all of a sudden, go away and disappear and everybody will be able to reopen.”

Seriously, has he just heard this so many times from daddy that he believes it, or is this a sign of some hard-wired propensity toward magical thinking?

If the Democrats can cause all the dead to rise up again on November 3, then the Messiah will have truly come.

[PeterB]

On behalf of goldfish everywhere, I would like to file a formal protest. Eric has nowhere near the intelligence of a goldfish, it's more along the lines of a sea slug.

[neophyte]

PeterB wrote:
On behalf of goldfish everywhere, I would like to file a formal protest. Eric has nowhere near the intelligence of a goldfish, it's more along the lines of a sea slug.

Nope, sorry. Sea slug brains are well studied and serve as a model for understanding neuronal pathway integrations. The functioning of Eric's brain does not fit this model at all. Rather, his fits the model of a jumble of pure reflex-mediated neuronal interactions, with no memory capabilities. I'd guess it's an inherited, genetic trait.

[PeterB]

neophyte wrote:
[quote=PeterB]
On behalf of goldfish everywhere, I would like to file a formal protest. Eric has nowhere near the intelligence of a goldfish, it's more along the lines of a sea slug.

Nope, sorry. Sea slug brains are well studied and serve as a model for understanding neuronal pathway integrations. The functioning of Eric's brain does not fit this model at all. Rather, his fits the model of a jumble of pure reflex-mediated neuronal interactions, with no memory capabilities. I'd guess it's an inherited, genetic trait.
I know all about sea slug brains. ... I was thinking perhaps more along the lines of sea cucumbers/echinoderms (commonly referred to as "sea slugs", even though they aren't), rather than something like Aplysia. Or if we want to go lower down, how about Hydra. :wink:

[Sarcany]

PeterB wrote: Or if we want to go lower down, how about Hydra. :wink:

Hydras are significantly more complex organisms than Eric Drumpf, and they are far more valuable to society.

They contribute to research on various cancers as well as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

[Speedy]

How about a virus?

[Sarcany]

Speedy wrote:
How about a virus?

Pestilences are more reputable than any Drumpf.

[PeterB]

Sarcany wrote:
[quote=PeterB]Or if we want to go lower down, how about Hydra. :wink:

Hydras are significantly more complex organisms than Eric Drumpf, and they are far more valuable to society.

They contribute to research on various cancers as well as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
OK, fine, I wasn't going to go there, but how about sponges? They don't have a nervous system, just multifunctional cells.

[RgrF]

Sponges are used to clean up messes, not create them.