#genetic

The tallest adults are the ones who had the most childhood and adolescent growth before puberty started; puberty typically tacks on a standard nine inches, and then the game's over. "The children who are going to be the biggest adults are those who are tall by age one or two, and have a relatively late puberty," says Rosenfeld. ↗

— Arianne Cohen

#growth-spurt #height #tall #age

I'd have to say that, in general, models take themselves too seriously. Basically, they are genetic freaks who spend a couple of hours in hair and makeup. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#couple #freaks #general #genetic #hair

Does mother know you’ve done your best for her? Half her genes are yours. But if you’re an average-sized family, her entire fortune might not be. ↗

— Bauvard

#genetics #humor #inheritence #motherly-love #family

We are what we adapt to. ↗

— Carter Stroud

#genetics #money

There are some people who're all doctors. Is it genetic? ↗

— Aida Turturro

#genetic #people #some #some people #who

Our brains contain one hundred billion nerve cells (neurons). Each neuron makes links with ten thousand other neurons to form an incredible three dimensional grid. This grid therefore contains a thousand trillion connections - that's 1,000,000,000,000,000 (a quadrillion). It's hard to imagine this, so let's visualise each connection as a disc that's 1mm thick. Stack up the quadrillion discs on top of each other and they will reach the sun (which is ninety-three million miles from the earth) and back, three times over. ↗

— Nessa Carey

#brain #epigenetics #mind-blowing #neurons #science

You're not supposed to interject feelings into science, but part of the reason it's so fascinating that we're 8 percent (or more) fossilized virus is that it's so creepy that we're 8 percent (or more) fossilized virus. ↗

— Sam Kean

#science #love

If people lived to be a thousand years old, there’d be extreme inequality, based not on class like now, but on genetics. Think how far behind unmotivated and lazy people lag now after only 65 years on earth, and then multiply that by 15.
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— Jarod Kintz

#class #classism #earth #genetics #inequality

I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that genetics, upbringing, choice, social conditioning and environment play a major part in which way we sway. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#being #believe #choice #conditioning #environment

Genes aren’t designed to make us happy. They design us to make more copies of themselves. ↗

— Joe Quirk

#genetics #design