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		akavi on March 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Lie That Made Me Given that mental illness is stochastically predictable via genetics, I'd be very surprised if that's true. A quick google found a twin study suggesting that they're significantly inheritable: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8776880/

JadeNB on March 11, 2022 [–]

> Given that mental illness is stochastically predictable via genetics, I'd be very surprised if that's true.

I guess mental illness can count as a personality trait, but I think there's considerable scope for personality traits well below the level of mental illness.

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