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What does it mean?
A short statement suggesting biology controls human behavior or life path.
In plain terms
Your body determines your fate.
What can you take from it?
Biological factors limit what we can change.

Where it applies

  • health
  • genetics
  • identity

Putting it to work

  • understanding limits
  • accepting reality
  • working with nature

Questions to consider

  • Are you your biology?
  • What can you change?

Another view

Free will and environment also matter.

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