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[Yukimura]

Why is it not correct that we're a bunch of chemical reactions and electrical impulses? When I look at a person that's all I see, an infinitely complex biological machine that is capable of all types of amazing things.

If this were the case then it would undermine the entire history in humanity of behavioural correction and general changes in behaviour. According to this theory then a person is born to be a murderer, or an adulterer, or a liar, or a thief etc and they cannot change. There would be no point in having discussions or dialogue's on any issue, as it has been determined by our genes how we will respond.

You've left out external environment, which can and does change the properties of the life reaction drastically. I don't disagree with the sentiment that you seem to have, that the line of reasoning I'm following reduces humans to statistically predictable individuals. However, you say that this means that people can be born liars or murderers based on only genetics, while I say people that murder or lie do so because of the sum of everything that has happened to them since they started developing, inludeing the influence of genetics. If someone becomes a murderer, it wouldn't have been just because they were genetically predisposed to go around killing people, though that could play a part. Instead it's likely that they're development and upbringing also influenced the way their minds processed the world around them and they ended up in a situation where they had taken a life. Now there's not really any way to know how much a person will be affected by their predispositions or how much they'll be affected by their environment but I haven't observed anything that would make me think that you couldn't predict behavior with the ability to independently process all of the the same stimuli that a person is experiencing in the EXACT same way that they are processing it.

Also Please explain this...rational reasoning independent of science how would that help?

As behaviour is not just a bunch of chemical reactions and electrical impulses I believe that Science actually does not have a role to play in behaviour. You can't analyse behaviour like you can a volcanic rock or a piece of sillicon. These things are tangible, whereas human behaviour is not. I would say that you need rational reasoning independent of science to determine human behaviour.