Given the tension this season was that Seven preferred being in the Rangers than in Starfleet at the beginning of the season, I assume she doesn't see herself as Annika. Most of her own memories as an individual are tied to being Seven, including her formative years on the Voyager, so I think it's fair that she'd choose Seven as the name that she wants.
Of course we want to believe that our behaviour is not genetic; that truth is inconvenient.
I read the Wikipedia article. I’ve also read actual works on the subject. I’ve been an historian for 30+ years (off to teach class in about 30 minutes—it’s a long drive). I know how to “read history”. We are NOT merely biological automatons. Behaviour has a genetic COMPONENT, but it’s not an immutable destiny. Humanity has made deliberate choices, individually and collectively, that have altered its social and cultural perspectives, resulting in lasting changes that influence behaviours across time. That’s what “reading history” reveals. And, with that, as entertaining as this is, I choose to get ready for work. Unlike hunter-gatherers, I have to keep to a fixed schedule in order to keep my job. À la prochaine.
Exactly, once reactivated that cube seemed to behave pretty much like a normal cube too. After going to such great lengths to explain the Changeling virus, I wonder why they skirted around the bush with the Borg virus and it’s origins considering it was even more of a major plot point?
I never said we were. But the parameters of what our behaviour can be are definitely determined by genetics. Learned behaviour is constrained by these limitations.
I think you're confusing individual actions, and culture, with behaviour. Those aren't the same thing. Human behaviour has not changed during that time period. This doesn't mean that all humans act the same at all times.
