#667 - Nancy Segal - What Twins Separated At Birth Teach Us About Nature vs Nurture

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Nancy Segal is a professor at California State University, an author and one of the most prominent twin-study researchers on the planet. What makes you the person you are? Is it your genetics or your environment? When twins are either accidentally or purposefully separated at birth, it presents a fascinating view into this debate, shedding light on the influence of both traits and environments on the outcomes we get in life. Expect to learn the craziest similarities between twins who have been raised apart, how it's possible to have a pair of twins born at the same time to two different fathers, what happens when twins meet for the first time, what you can learn from triplets that you can’t learn from twins, just how big of an impact genes and environment are on the traits we see in people, how important of a role chance plays in our lives and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Nancy Siegel. She's a professor at
0:05.5	California State University, an author and one of the most prominent twin study researchers
0:10.4	on the planet. What makes you the person you are? Is it your genetics or your environment?
0:16.2	When twins are either accidentally or purposefully separated at birth, it presents a fascinating view
0:22.1	into this debate, shedding light on the influence of both traits and environments on the outcomes
0:27.0	that we get in life. Expect to learn the craziest similarities between twins who have been raised
0:32.0	apart, how it's possible to have a pair of twins born at the same time to two different fathers.
0:38.4	What happens when twins meet for the first time, what you can learn from triplets that you can't
0:42.3	learn from twins, just how big of an impact genes and environment are on the traits we see in
0:47.5	people, how important a role of chance plays in our life, and much more. This was very, very interesting.
0:56.4	I love Nancy's work. She's at the intersection of behavioral genetics and evolutionary psychology.
1:01.1	She's great. I really, really hope that you leave feeling all sort of warm and fuzzy and insightful
1:07.4	about human nature. She's got a great energy and it's evident that she just adores the work
1:11.2	that she does. She's in love with the research and bringing twins together and finding out more
1:16.6	about human nature. It's really, really great. Also, one week today, Alex Homozi is back on
1:24.1	Modern Wisdom. This time, for episode number three, I recorded with him this weekend in Las Vegas
1:29.8	in person with a full cinema setup. I know God, it's good. So, so good. And I cannot wait to get
1:36.8	this one out. He's one of my favorite guests to bring on the show and I really, really hope that
1:40.2	you will enjoy it. Obviously, you need to make sure you've hit the subscribe button or you're going
1:44.5	to miss that episode and many more when they go up. So go and press it. I thank you. In other news,
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