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The X-Files · Season 2, Episode 12

Mulder and Scully in “Aubrey”

Well, on a basic cellular level, we're the sum total of all our ancestors' biological matter. But what if more than biological traits get passed down from generation to generation? What if I like sunflower seeds because I'm genetically predisposed to liking them?

But children aren't born liking sunflower seeds. Environments shape them; behavior patterns are taught.

There are countless stories of twins separated at birth who end up in the same occupation, marrying the same kind of people, each naming their child Waldo.

Waldo?

Jung wrote about it when he talked about the collective unconscious. It's genetic memory, Scully.

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