[livi]

My view completely. We are born with the hard data that will express everything from height to personality traits. During the very first years of our life the immediate environment - parents and siblings - will provide input enabling fine tuning of that data to a certain extent. After that - as an adult - most people with normal cerebral faculties - are able to steer their behavior according to the circumstances / situations. But again, only to a certain extent.

Especially when under pressure, the original personality / behavior set up, will however tend to disclose it self.

Another way of putting it is that we do what we do because we are "wired" that way. If our conscious mind tells us to do otherwise our subconscious defense mechanisms will automatically give us anxiety feelings - turning us back to our original "stock" data behavior.

Perhaps a few of us could benefit from a human S.W. chip..

Sorry for ranting. One of my favorite subjects.