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General Misc. / Re: Strings
« on: February 26, 2020, 03:43:55 pm »
I am pretty firmly in the "you" camp on this. You are the sum of all the external and internal influences over the course of your life. If you see a clown and hightail the other way, it's because you are the person who watched "It" when they were five.
I guess it could be argued then that "It" or the person who let you watch it or Steven King is pulling your strings. But you are also the person whose mind had a greater susceptibility to being scared by Tim Curry in a clown suit. And you are the person who didn't confront, rationalize and overcome your fear.
Maybe you can't help it, that's just how your brain was wired through genetics, evolution, creation, whatever, but it is still "you" whether making a conscious choice or not.
I guess it could be argued then that "It" or the person who let you watch it or Steven King is pulling your strings. But you are also the person whose mind had a greater susceptibility to being scared by Tim Curry in a clown suit. And you are the person who didn't confront, rationalize and overcome your fear.
Maybe you can't help it, that's just how your brain was wired through genetics, evolution, creation, whatever, but it is still "you" whether making a conscious choice or not.