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Originally Posted by swimintheundertow
So now that the idiot is gone I can finally make this thread.
The question is do you believe free will really exists? Why or Why Not?
No name calling bullshit. Please?
I say no. The two things determine everything about you are completely out of your control. DNA and environment. I believe in nurture over nature but dna does have a very important role in developing. If anything dna is a set of potential of how smart or strong you can be when placed in the best conditions. Everything you do is based on everything that has happened to you. I think that every reaction is a complex is system that if could possibly be recreated would happen in the same everytime. Society already believes both are influencers but why can't they be determiners?
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I'm going to post a reply to your original argument, because I have yet to do so. I agree that DNA is completely out of our control, but environment, no, it's not. One, we have the ability to change and modify our environment; there's free will popping its head up. Two, we have a choice on how we chose to react to our environment; once again, free will rearing its little head.
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