Timeline for If Worf was raised by humans after the age of 5, why does he "act" so Klingon?
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| Sep 29, 2018 at 8:58 | comment | added | Shana Tar | You can't explain his cultural identity with genes and hormones. Hormones do not give him knowledge of Klingon war songs' lyrics or details of wedding ceremony etc. | |
| Mar 17, 2014 at 18:50 | comment | added | Jeff | -1 behavior is decided in part by genetics and neurology and such, but there are key traits which all sapient species share, especially in the Star Trek universe. Further, as has been said, all Star Trek humanoid species share a common ancestor (as demonstrated by the TNG episode). Culture, far more than biology, is at play here. | |
| Jun 5, 2013 at 14:34 | comment | added | Mike Scott | @severa We don't really know how much of a role genetics plays in behaviour even of our own species, since it's so hard to disentangle the effects of genetics and culture. And of course we have no information at all on any other sentient species, and shouldn't generalise from a sample size of one. | |
| Jun 5, 2013 at 11:08 | comment | added | severa | genetics only play a partial role in behavior in a sentient species we can observe that even within our own species | |
| Nov 8, 2011 at 2:23 | comment | added | erdiede | @Mike Scott I get that the innate aggression is a genetic trait, I'm not sure how the cultural concepts like honor are. For example, if loyalty was genetically required, how could there be a Klingon civil war. Also, regarding dogs, I was under the impression that some behaviors that are typically suppressed in a domesticated dog will come out in feral dogs. | |
| Nov 5, 2011 at 15:47 | comment | added | eidylon | @John C, That doesn't really mean anything regarding differences in hormones and neurology and such. Heck, you get major differences WITHIN a single species! I mean, just look at humanity... men and women can breed, but no one would deny that we have significantly different hormonal ecology and neurological patterns. Such differences would most definitely be even more pronounced across different species. | |
| Nov 5, 2011 at 15:41 | comment | added | Xantec | And 90% of them are from the same original genetic stock. | |
| Nov 5, 2011 at 15:35 | comment | added | John C | Are you sure? I thought all the "species" in the Quadrant, could interbreed. :) | |
| Nov 5, 2011 at 7:39 | history | answered | Mike Scott | CC BY-SA 3.0 |