Comments on: What’s in your DNA? #28 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/04/27/whats-in-your-dna-28/ How will it change your life? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/04/27/whats-in-your-dna-28/#comment-56506 Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:39:31 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/04/27/whats-in-your-dna-28/#comment-56506 Hi Danielle, How nice to see you here! I know you weren't taking it seriously. This whole series of "What's in your DNA?" is just for fun. :) Isn't it amazing how DNA has worked itself into our cultural consciousness? As for procrastination, I'd venture to say that it is definitely influenced by temperament which is influenced by genes. I'm a fan of <a href="http://www.structuredprocrastination.com">structured procrastination</a> myself. (Hence I'm answering comments instead of doing "real" work. lol) Hi Danielle, How nice to see you here! I know you weren’t taking it seriously. This whole series of “What’s in your DNA?” is just for fun. :) Isn’t it amazing how DNA has worked itself into our cultural consciousness?

As for procrastination, I’d venture to say that it is definitely influenced by temperament which is influenced by genes. I’m a fan of structured procrastination myself. (Hence I’m answering comments instead of doing “real” work. lol)

]]> By: Danielle http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/04/27/whats-in-your-dna-28/#comment-56505 Danielle Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:24:08 +0000 http://www.eyeondna.com/2008/04/27/whats-in-your-dna-28/#comment-56505 Haha, OK, you got me. I'm actually a biologist by training and work in public health...I'm well aware that procrastination is not actually embedded in my DNA! Though I do wonder about the evolutionary background of my procrastination...is it all 'nurture'? Or is there some 'nature' in it - is there some protective effect of procrastination that has allowed it to be passed down through the generations of my family (whether by alleles or by learned behavior)? I'd like to think that somehow my procrastination does indeed make me a more fit member of my species... At any rate, I'll be more careful about giving responsibility to DNA where it may not be due - man, you really never know who's watching out here in the blogosphere! Haha, OK, you got me. I’m actually a biologist by training and work in public health…I’m well aware that procrastination is not actually embedded in my DNA!

Though I do wonder about the evolutionary background of my procrastination…is it all ‘nurture’? Or is there some ‘nature’ in it - is there some protective effect of procrastination that has allowed it to be passed down through the generations of my family (whether by alleles or by learned behavior)?

I’d like to think that somehow my procrastination does indeed make me a more fit member of my species…

At any rate, I’ll be more careful about giving responsibility to DNA where it may not be due - man, you really never know who’s watching out here in the blogosphere!

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