human acted the way they did. For example, while watching the TV show Love Line, the two-hosts attempt to reason why a person’s problem occurred and then remedy the situation. The sexual nature of the show leads to questions about relationship and why they occur. Nine times out of ten, when a guest posses a question about an abusive boyfriend the host ask what their family life was like. And the overwhelming response is that people who enter into abusive relationships had abusive families. So, if we relate this back to the human brain and say an abusive family is a variable for an abusive boyfriend, then we find that this act is predicted. At this point you may be asking yourself, are we free or not? I believe yes. Although, the hard determinist view is correct to a degree about being able to predict human acts it still does not take away the ability to choose, which promotes freedom. The human brain, to me, appears to be broken into two parts. The first we will call instinct. The human instinct consists of all things that are embedded in the human mind for survival. For instance, all humans need to eat. Little babies when they are born cry for food until they are feed. Survive instinct caries on through out human life. When a person gets old they have the need to reproduce, hence a thriving sex industry. These acts are almost on an animal level. The funny thing is that the human brain promotes theses acts. When a person eats, the brain rewards itself by releasing chemicals that make a person feel good. Now if human brains were only evolved to this level then the determinist view would be a lot more valid. This animal mentality would and is a lot more predictable. And we see this in everyday life. The study of animals is constantly going on and is predictable to a great degree. After watching an hour of the discovery channel one might find out why birds fly north every year. These acts are predicta...
