Fetus:
All protocols duly observed.

My name is Festus representing Lagos state University to oppose the
motion Genius are born not made.

First of all, we live in a world that
cherishes “natural” talent and that believes we’re either BORN a genius or
we've got no hope. But, that’s just NOT TRUE. Individual
differences exist, but genius is ultimately made. In her 2011 album, Lady Gaga
made the bold empirical claim that we are just Born This Way. This set off intense debates among academic psychologists
about the role of nature and nurture in determining genius. Was Gaga right? In
one sense, Gaga was on the right track. If there's anything we've learned from
over 25 years of twin and adoption studies -- conducted on over 800,000 pairs of twins and more
than 50 different samples -- virtually every single psychological trait -- from
IQ to persistence to artistic
ability to schizophrenia to autism to marital status to television viewing --
is heritable.

The heritability of human characteristics is so robust that Eric
Turkheimer named it the Genetics. These
findings vindicate Gaga -- they counter the belief that we are born into this
world as blank slates, completely at the mercy of the external environment. There's
such a thing as individuality, at least partly rooted in our biology. But much
to the dismay of many scientists, Gaga left out some important technical
caveats. She didn't mention the fact that heritability has very little to do
with the potential for change. At the now infamous "On the Veracity of
Gaga's Empirical Claims" Conference held in Venice Italy, one insightful
young scholar raised the point: What if you're born with some
tendencies you don't want to be born with? Are you just stuck that way?
In addition, this caused a flurry of discussions, and it was generally
agreed upon that just because a trait is heritable (and virtually all of our
psychology traits are heritable),
doesn't mean that the trait is fixed or can't be developed. After all, the
tendency to watch reality television is probably heritable, but parents can
exert enormous control by banning their children from watching Snooki destroy
her life.
Psychologists also realized that
the actual heritability estimate isn't all that informative either. Eric
Turkheimer came along and showed
everyone that the heritability of IQ is quite high in enriched environments,
but extremely low in poorer households. This showed environment matters and
that you can't take the heritability estimate of a trait at face value. What's
more, you can't make inferences about an individual based on heritability
calculations -- which are based on large populations of people at a particular
point in time.
Researchers eventually agreed that
it was time to take the major insights they gleaned from decades of twin and
adoption twins and move on. Next
stop: the search for tiny molecules.

Unfortunately, things turned out to be
trickier than anticipated. No single gene could be found to explain more than a fraction of the variation in any trait.
Even when potential genes were found, they rarely replicated. Twin studies
showed that the genes were there somewhere, but
modern genomics research suggested that it would be no simple matter figuring
out how a very large number of interacting genes (which are always interacting
with the environment) influence the development of complex psychological
traits. Genius involves figuring out who you are, and owning yourself.
It's about amplifying your best traits and compensating for the rest. Geniuses
grab life by the horns, and persevere amidst setbacks. They take control of
their lives, instead of waiting for others to open up doors. In this very
important sense, greatness is completely, utterly, made.
In Conclusion, Some research suggests
only about 1/3 of your memory is predetermined by genetics, leaving about 2/3
under your control or influence. There is no such thing as a good or bad
memory, just a trained memory and an untrained memory. Don't wait
until the day before you need to read to prepare for an important meeting or
memorize a speech before a large audience. Commit to learning and using your
Kwik Reading and Kwik Recall memory techniques so your skills, abilities and
genius will be easily there, every day, especially when you need it most. With
this, it is glaring that the motion Genius are born not made should be highly
opposed.
Thank you