I actually agree with what you said re: nature vs. nurture! Which is why I said ostensibly. I think the genetic component is one clearly presented in the text (in that people make reference to it), but yeah, I lean far more towards nurture.
Though I think I do remember some things about a particular part of Vulcan's brains or brain chemistry etc. corresponding to this sort of thing. I might have to check Memory Alpha, but I don't know that it's something that has never ever been established in any way at all. Also, wrt the Romulan thing, it doesn't really mean that much because the separation was supposed to be so long ago that they evolved separately and in different ways from Vulcans. I mean, Romulans don't experience pon farr either.
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Date: 2009-05-31 05:11 am (UTC)Though I think I do remember some things about a particular part of Vulcan's brains or brain chemistry etc. corresponding to this sort of thing. I might have to check Memory Alpha, but I don't know that it's something that has never ever been established in any way at all. Also, wrt the Romulan thing, it doesn't really mean that much because the separation was supposed to be so long ago that they evolved separately and in different ways from Vulcans. I mean, Romulans don't experience pon farr either.