Planned Parenthood, Ottawa, Canada - "Anatomy isn't male or female. It just is. That's why we teach elementary students anatomy without using the words 'male' or 'female'...We're using education to fight transphobia because we believe that everyone has the right to accurate...sex education"

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Providing this kid keeps his heart steady and continues enjoying solving problems

The thing is, some people are much more naturally inclined to engage in problem-solving. And some are capable of picking concepts up much more quickly. Someone for whom both of these are true will get further than someone with neither, every single time.

All cells in our body constantly mutate.

There's a difference between adaptation (which can be helpful) and mutation (which you definitely don't want). But adaptation can only go so far.

When a kid does a cool trick, his cells experience stress. Cells that are less compatible with this trick, experience more stress, die sooner. Cells that are more compatible with this trick, prosper, live longer, multiply.

This isn't really how learning works. Neurons can get wired together in different ways, and pathways can emerge, but they're not supposed to multiply. In adulthood, most cells are not naturally capable of replication. When they do, it's usually a problem.

This way, as long as we keep our heart steady and love what we do, everything should be achievable. For every creature.

There are limits imposed by genetics, biology and nature - which we must respect. It doesn't matter how much you want it, a wolf can't be healthy living off of grains and berries. You'll never teach a donkey calculus.

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Leaning works through pleasure, the brain is a drug addict. Reward it for what you want, and every tendency can be changed. Fail to reward it, and see it degrades.

I was talking about DNA mutations. DNA in our cells begins changing before the birth. These changes, eventually, make our cells incompatible with each other and are one of the causes of old age. Controlled stress is the door to controlled evolution, it kills cells that are worse for what we do. It can't stop aging, since every biological problem can be solved through an infinite number of ways, but it will make all your cells more compatible with your goal.

Time is the limit, not biology. The nature of nature is constant change.