Do you share Watson’s belief in an “all-powerful” environment, capable of neutralizing or reversing biological predispositions? If this is possible, is it desirable?

This discussion is based on the famous quote from John Watson: “Give me a dozen healthy infants well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type specialist I might select–doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.”

Do you share Watson’s belief in an “all-powerful” environment, capable of neutralizing or reversing biological predispositions? If this is possible, is it desirable? In 200 words

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