chapter 4 tom nichols

This chapter had a lot of information present, and i found that it was quite complex. I didn't really agree with some things that the book stated, but thats most likely due to my beliefs as a person.
I learned in this chapter that heritability accounts for more than just genetics. Whenever i had heard that term before i had thought it meant about inherited traits from genetics such as brown hair and parts of intelligence. Before the book said that the enviroment the individual grows up in accounts for the development of that intelligence trait, ability to speak well, shyness, outspokeness etc., i thought that the person was given most of those things to begin with. Truly i was wrong. If you were to put a child in a room for 12 years and test his intteligince with his identical twin who has the same traits as him but has been in the real world for those years, the child in the room would not be as intelligent as the other. This is true because of the different enviroment the other child who was not in the room. He was able to learn whereas the other child was not.
Though i know the scientists and psychologists are smart, I disagree with darwins theory of evolution. I learned that many scientists believe that the world came from a "big bang", and that we developed from the most superior cell at the time, hence "survival of the fittest." This is a completely ridiculous theory to think that all the complex life around us developed from cells that appeared out of nothing. It simply isn't pheasable. I am an adamant christian, and i do believe certain creature have evolved, to an extent. It makes sense that bacteria evolve to bypass new medicines. Penicillin, which at one time killed many forms of bacteria, isn't as effective as it once was due to the fact bacteria evolved to bypass it.
Lastly, i learned that people who i thought to be arrogant, blockheaded, or narcacistic may be individualists. the book then asked if we thought we were an individualist who went after their own personal goals, or a collectivist who pursues the goals of a group. I believe i am a collectivist, but to some extent an individualist. Everyone has some things that they wish to accomplish, though being a selfless person sounds nobel, and it indeed is, i don't think anyone besides Jesus is/was a true selfless person.
What really perked my intrest was talking about social mores or norms. This is what society expects you do to. Americas norms are far different from other countries, and i learned that it would be very interesting do go against some of these.