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Do you think that all of his (Ben Stine or any parent) kids are going to be boring and monotone as well? What are his character and traits like? What are the differences in traits and personality?

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The attached solution explains why and why not Ben Stine's offspring would have his personality traits. Includes definitions and references.

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Personality is the condition or fact of relating to a particular person; referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly at an individual. (Merriam-Webster, 2009). This personality is how a person acts and reacts on a daily basis. Trait is a distinguishing quality; an inherited characteristic. (Merriam-Webster, 2009). Traits are those little idiosyncrasies, mannerisms, that we have but don't really know why (they come from our parents).

Being boring would be classified as a personality of one individual person where as having monotone might be more of a biological ...

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