Scott Barry Kaufman

Did I address your prior point, though? Because I thought it was a really interesting one. Yeah, I thought it was really interesting. Yeah, so genes. Okay, so G is like a dirty word, right? In a lot of circles. I think people think of genes as something that is immutable, that we can't change, but

I would much rather live in a world where nature and nurture contributed than either living in a genetic deterministic world or an environmentally deterministic world. So I'm actually happy with the way that evolution has given us genes that are highly sensitive to the environment but are not completely determined by the environment. So I like that. So do you want to cover attachment theory?

I would much rather live in a world where nature and nurture contributed than either living in a genetic deterministic world or an environmentally deterministic world. So I'm actually happy with the way that evolution has given us genes that are highly sensitive to the environment but are not completely determined by the environment. So I like that. So do you want to cover attachment theory?

I would much rather live in a world where nature and nurture contributed than either living in a genetic deterministic world or an environmentally deterministic world. So I'm actually happy with the way that evolution has given us genes that are highly sensitive to the environment but are not completely determined by the environment. So I like that. So do you want to cover attachment theory?

Is that it?

Is that it?

Is that it?

Let's dive into attachment theory.

Let's dive into attachment theory.

Let's dive into attachment theory.

Because there are so many misconceptions about what attachment theory is and there are so many ideas that it's all the fault. I think a lot of people have a victim mindset about attachment theory. They say, well, I have an insecure attachment because of the way I was raised.

Because there are so many misconceptions about what attachment theory is and there are so many ideas that it's all the fault. I think a lot of people have a victim mindset about attachment theory. They say, well, I have an insecure attachment because of the way I was raised.

Because there are so many misconceptions about what attachment theory is and there are so many ideas that it's all the fault. I think a lot of people have a victim mindset about attachment theory. They say, well, I have an insecure attachment because of the way I was raised.

But as I talk about in the book, the behavioral genetics research shows that there is a pretty substantial heritability of your attachment style. And I think that it relates to your personality. Like if you score very high in neuroticism, which is going to be influenced by your genes and your environment, but genes really matter in influencing the development of your neurotic traits.

But as I talk about in the book, the behavioral genetics research shows that there is a pretty substantial heritability of your attachment style. And I think that it relates to your personality. Like if you score very high in neuroticism, which is going to be influenced by your genes and your environment, but genes really matter in influencing the development of your neurotic traits.

But as I talk about in the book, the behavioral genetics research shows that there is a pretty substantial heritability of your attachment style. And I think that it relates to your personality. Like if you score very high in neuroticism, which is going to be influenced by your genes and your environment, but genes really matter in influencing the development of your neurotic traits.

you're going to be more anxious in your relationships. You're going to be more self-doubting and it's going to show up in your relationships, but it's also going to show up everywhere and everywhere else in your life. So I think attachment theorists sometimes look a little too narrowly at the attachment relationship domain.

you're going to be more anxious in your relationships. You're going to be more self-doubting and it's going to show up in your relationships, but it's also going to show up everywhere and everywhere else in your life. So I think attachment theorists sometimes look a little too narrowly at the attachment relationship domain.

you're going to be more anxious in your relationships. You're going to be more self-doubting and it's going to show up in your relationships, but it's also going to show up everywhere and everywhere else in your life. So I think attachment theorists sometimes look a little too narrowly at the attachment relationship domain.

And I think they could use a zoom out a little bit and take a bit of a personality neuroscience slash genetics perspective a little bit more.