# Can behavior affect our DNA

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 7, 2023, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-behavior-affect-our-dna/992736 "2023-11-07T06:40:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-behavior-affect-our-dna/992736/7 "2023-11-07T13:19:19Z")

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> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> I’m curious what backs the assertion of
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> > [@HoneyBadgerDC](#):
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> > I was amazed to discover how close the relationship is between our brain and our semen.

Perhaps @HoneyBadgerDC might apply his own insightful comment in another recent thread to his hot takes on scientific matters:

> [@What's the dumbest/worst "Next Million Dollar Idea" someone has shared with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dumbest-worst-next-million-dollar-idea-someone-has-shared-with-you/992447/104):
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> You might be surprised if you knew how many people have been carrying an idea along with them throughout their lives. They get frustrated because they have thousands of hours of thought invested into something and when they attempt to talk about it they are usually talking to someone who hasn’t given it any thought at all and they are thinking on the fly.

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