Story Time

Once, there stood a scorpion on the bank of a river. Being a scoprion and therefore unable to swim, he was in somewhat of a quandrary as to how to cross. As it happens, a frog came hopping along. Seeing the frog, the scorpion, ever so politely, asked if the frog would carry him accross the river. “No”, said the frog, “for you will sting me and I will die”. Vehemently, the scorpion denied that he would do such a thing, for he just wanted to cross the river and to sting the frog would cause both of their deaths.

So, the frog agreed to take the scorpion accross. The scorpion climbed onto the frog’s back, and the frog then proceeded to swim accross the river. Halfway to the far bank, the scorpion stung the frog. With his last breath, the frog wailed: “Why did you sting me? For now we both die.” And the scorpion replied: “For it is in my nature.”

So, are we slaves to our nature, or to our nurture?