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<blockquote data-quote="Bradskii" data-source="post: 77651282" data-attributes="member: 412388"><p>Which was: 'All decisions we make are determined by existing and prior influences'.</p><p></p><p>Every decision you have ever made has been based on your personal condition and thinking about the relevant situation. Else it was random. If you can think of a third option, I'd like to know what it is.</p><p></p><p>No-one has suggested that you can't make choices. That is exercising your will. But the decisions you make will be determined by the conditions at the time and all conditions prior to it.</p><p></p><p>If you weren't born into the culture you are in at a particular time. If you had different parents. If your foetal development had been different. If your frontal cortex and amygdala had developed differently. If you hadn't experienced trauma at times when you were a child. If your education was hopeless. If you didn't have a dead end job in a rough neighbourhood and had just developed a serious illness. If you hadn't woken up angry that morning. If your blood sugar was low. If certain neurons didn't fire as they did...then you might not have pulled out your gun from the glovebox and shot the guy who just cut you off.</p><p></p><p>None of those conditions were choices to be made. There's just a cascade of events that led you to that place and that action.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bradskii, post: 77651282, member: 412388"] Which was: 'All decisions we make are determined by existing and prior influences'. Every decision you have ever made has been based on your personal condition and thinking about the relevant situation. Else it was random. If you can think of a third option, I'd like to know what it is. No-one has suggested that you can't make choices. That is exercising your will. But the decisions you make will be determined by the conditions at the time and all conditions prior to it. If you weren't born into the culture you are in at a particular time. If you had different parents. If your foetal development had been different. If your frontal cortex and amygdala had developed differently. If you hadn't experienced trauma at times when you were a child. If your education was hopeless. If you didn't have a dead end job in a rough neighbourhood and had just developed a serious illness. If you hadn't woken up angry that morning. If your blood sugar was low. If certain neurons didn't fire as they did...then you might not have pulled out your gun from the glovebox and shot the guy who just cut you off. None of those conditions were choices to be made. There's just a cascade of events that led you to that place and that action. [/QUOTE]
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