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To: Mach9

“What’s the alternative to choice—genes?”

Nope, environment during early childhood.


149 posted on 06/09/2011 6:07:23 PM PDT by Grunthor (Make the lefts' collective brain cell implode; Cain/Bolton 2012.)
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To: Grunthor

“What’s the alternative to choice—genes?”

Nope, environment during early childhood.

No. Evironment isn’t a determinant; at best it’s a mitigating factor. Jimmy Cagny & Daniel P. Moynihan grew up in Hell’s Kitchen. Nor is experience a determinant.

There’s either free will or no free will. No free will would mean a predeterminant—a new or displaced gene, e.g..


162 posted on 06/09/2011 7:24:30 PM PDT by Mach9
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