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Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan  Gene expression can be changed through dietary or lifestyle changes. |
That's interesting.
It seems I need to dive into the biology rabbit hole so I can figure out how genes relate to neurons, and neurons to synapses. I already have a general enough idea of how synapses relate to influencing us, but I would like a more technical understanding (i.e. how it actually works in the brain), as well as an understanding about how "skills" and "knowledge" tie into that (I've no idea how the brain stores information--how it specifically stores it, not just "it has something to do with neurons"--or "skill", and whether "skill" is just some term we use, when the way the brain stores it is vastly different. You can infuse a talent with knowledge and skill to create a strength, but I bet that's more conceptual than actually mechanical, in terms of how the brain works.)
From what I've read, at a certain point after they've formed (I don't remember exactly when), synapse connections become coated with a certain protein, or something, and it becomes biologically inefficient for them to... well, it's complicated. I'll explain more in my post after this.
But yeah, there's more to this; I only know the tip of the iceberg in terms of the biology--the underlying mechanics-- of talent. I'll dive into the heavy brain science once I get a chance to immerse myself in it.
Heh, just when people think I'm already hard enough to understand!
