Number one definitely gonna be the backpack my dad gave me. It was his cherished backpack for ages. Back support, hip and sternum straps, pocketsss, you name it. I opened the backpack and a moth fluttered out like in a movie. The best Christmas present by far!
Ramen bowl full of Ramen socks. My 14yo brother really hit the nail on the head this year! I guess I do have that college student aura TM
Jar of peanut butter from Santa. Huge jar.
I saw this sketchbook in the local book store when my 17yo brother and I were Christmas shopping. It had a textured Starry Night cover and ooooo! It's not a lined journal! It's blank paper inside! and he bought it for me 🥹
19yo brother surprised me with a D&D book?? like I don't keep up too much on the discourse of new 5e is bad or whatever folks are saying these days, but I *love* having the physical books because *readability*
Image credit goes to Credit: JAMA Neurology (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2363
So, survivorship bias is involved too, but really it's more than that. There are ways to actually find patterns in our genes for these things. Same with the nurture aspect influence over time.
Which, as a species, we need to do. Just as a way, at the very least, to help our own individual selves, let alone prevent incredibly high risk individuals from being born.
2 prong approaches & a need for incredible oversight to make certain it doesn't go towards what Hitler would do.
How Tumblr Got Basics Of Math & Science Incorrect (factually in all ways)
So, survivorship bias is involved too, but really it's more than that. There are ways to actually find patterns in our genes for these things. Same with the nurture aspect influence over time.
Which, as a species, we need to do. Just as a way, at the very least, to help our own individual selves, let alone prevent incredibly high risk individuals from being born.
2 prong approaches & a need for incredible oversight to make certain it doesn't go towards what Hitler would do.