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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 ali92, you're not quite correct in what you said. While the reasons which determine what you like are of course partially genetic, they are also partially social and experiential (yes it's a word). You may like purple, but would you like purple if you had been raised in a different environment? Maybe, maybe not. Now, here's an example about food that is opposite to what you said. I used to hate cheese. And when I was in the US high school, they often served cheeseburgers only, so there was no alternative to eating them. After a while I stopped hating them, and now I like cheese. Most psychologists will agree that there's about a 50:50 ratio on the impact of genes versus the environment on what we like.

OK, I didn't really think very much about it. I typed it pretty much as I was thinking about it. 50-50 sounds right. An example of society influence: School (a part of society) shaped a lot of my life as well. My family didn't like sexual minorities or Afro-American people very much 10 years ago but, since school always raised me (and my generation) to respect everyone and treat everyone as equals, that's why I'm not against anyone and respect everyone equally.

One thing I worry about sometimes is my subconscience: Even though I'm not against any specific type of people, I may be worried that the opposite may be occuring in my subconscience mind, the preference & extremely high interest in anything of 'foreign' origin. The reason that made me wonder about such things is because I'm biased in things I buy. I prefer European automobiles over most others but, not for a very concrete reason (not looks, either). I'm in no way a mechanic and can't prove that cars from one place are as good or worse than cars from other places. The same goes for electronics: If I see the 'Made in Japan' on it, I'd buy it WAY over the one made anywhere else. If this 'bias' exists for other things, it can be bad because it shows that my conscience is hiding something that definitely exists but, is being hidden away, in my subconscience. I try to behave as unbiased as possible when I speak to people but, it would be hypocripsy (?) to myself if I didn't follow those same examples, wouldn't it. Is it possible to change something deep in your subconscienous that can be very bad if it gets to the conscienous level?