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		renegade-otter on Oct 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Drugmakers are set to pay 23andMe to access consum... And many people get well from placebo medication. We don’t fully understand human willpower and its ability to overcome the cards we were dealt at birth. The whole movie is literally about how genetics is not destiny.

lotsofpulp on Oct 31, 2023 | [–]

Just because the movie claims it does not mean it is true.

Genetics may partly, or even significantly, be destiny.

vGPU on Nov 4, 2023 | [–]

Willpower won’t fix a congenital heart defect.

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