Are we already wired to be a certain way since birth or do we make our own choices?

[HawkPerception]

Wired

Choice

[1073sucks]

Both of course! Anyone and anything can and WILL influence our choices in everything we do in life. Which is why children should not be exposed to gaynporn, sex transitions, etc. etc because that will influence. What they need to learn are things that will actually help them in life, speech, math, problem solving, socialization, proper manners etc. so that when they become adults they can properly make decisions based on how they learned to problem solve and how the world works.

[1073sucks]

Thank you! :))

[DishLady]

This is an older question discussed in Plato’s *Meno* — a trick question, bc we’re 1/2 wired with skills we have and hone and 1/2 choosing skills we admire and want to have.

[SugarSugarplum]

the "wired" fallacy accidentally absolves everyone from their crimes.
"I was wired to rape"
"I was wired to steal from banks"
"I was wired to make corrupt political deals with Ukrainian Burisma in exchange for truckloads of American taxpayer cash".
Without choice, there can be no justice, and no accountability.

[HawkPerception]

Hmm interesting take. I disagree though. Just because someone's wired to be a certain way doesn't absolve them from a crime. Crimes are crimes and accountability is accountability. If you're wired to be a certain way and have proven yourself to be that way, then all the more reason you should suffer the consequences.

[1073sucks]

It doesn’t o solve th em of the crimes however. The reasons some get away with crimes like Obama. And Biden is due to corruption and power.

[1073sucks]

Absolve*

[SugarSugarplum]

@1073sucks You don't kill a lion for eating a deer. It's in its nature. If you're going with "wired" then you can't say "I'm wired to be a rapist, but I can choose not to rape", that's FREE CHOICE. If you say wired, but still punish people for their inescapable fate, that's hypocritical. You can't punish a bird for flying.

[HawkPerception]

@SugarSugarplum The bird isn't doing anything morally wrong by flying. Also birds aren't capable of doing anything morally wrong at all as they lack the capacity to even think about those topics. Morally wrong is more along the lines of killing, injuring/harming, or stealing from others and it's primarily humans that you can apply that logic to.

[SugarSugarplum]

you're implying the "wired but with choice" scenario which is exactly what I was saying.

[1073sucks]

That’s not wired that’s nature.

[OfMiceandMen]

I think it's a series of choices in our grown-up years after fledging the nest, but our parents wire/indoctrinate us to a certain extent in our early years.

[HawkPerception]

That's a pretty good analysis of it

[menina]

I think we make our own choices. Of course, some things might determine how our life is going to be when we are born, but most things are a matter of choice.

[Kelley1]

People are affected by their heredity and environment.

[DizzyDesii]

No. God gave us free will

[HawkPerception]

Is it really free will if your brain is already a certain way when you're born and you're bound to react to certain scenarios in specific ways?

[DizzyDesii]

I dont believe in the whole “a certain way from birth”. And brains develop over time. I also dont believe people are born gay or born to be a pedo but thats a topic for another day. Its all a choice

[Dongie]

Choice. Has to be, as I change my mind many times on one subject or sometimes I don't. Quit.

[Evamee]

Life experiences make a person develop