Impossible experiments


	Impossible experiments

Red Pen

8-18-2008 12:59 PM

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psychology, genetics, nature, nurture, parenting, peers, socialization

Red Pen says:

Psychology Today bloggers were asked what experiment they would love to carry out if neither ethics nor practical reality stood in their way. This is my favorite among the responses.

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