ORIGINAL: Jim Dines
I dunno. I believe fliers are born, not made. If you have the affliction, once it's triggered, you do what it takes to "fly".
I'd be inclined to agree. For me, it was the environment I grew up in, saturated by aviation in every form imaginable.
It wasn't until "recently" (call it the last 5 years or so) that I had both the opportunity AND the wisdom to take advantage of it. As it happened, past experiences in other hobbies suggested I would HATE building, and I saw no need to test the presumption. ARFs were there to "feed the bug", and off I went.