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Like others here, I’m wondering where individuality fits into all of this. We all have boxes of various sizes that communicate with each other to produce outputs that help us interact with the world around us. I understand that specific inputs will create certain outputs for everybody; if everyone in the classroom was pinched on their hand, their hand will immediately pull away. I’m starting to wonder if a huge chunk of individuality is embedded into emotions, and how much emotions affect reafferant loops or other future outputs …. Sure everyone will pull away from the source of the pinching, but some may hit back after pulling away and some may pull away by moving their whole body as opposed to just moving their hand. Also people will feel differently about it. Some may be angry and want to confront the source, others may be angry but not confront them, some may be confused and want to know why he or she was pinched, and others may just be shocked but move on. What accounts for such variation? Can we say it’s because of genetics, nurture/environment, both, or something about the I-function?