• moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    wait wouldn’t this mean you could predict people’s personalities similar to how we can predict the weather but not change it

    • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Even if there was influence, we’re still shaped by the environment in which we grow, especially personality, so no you couldn’t predict only from the starting point. Maybe if one day we are able to perfectly simulate a brain and record the entirety of a life, then we may be able to predict a personality. But that’s not happening anytime soon.

    • Johandea@feddit.nu
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      And a massive reason for legal abortions; I wouldn’t want my children to become the passive aggressive, depressive smartass I am. Better to make sure they’re born some other date of the year.

      • lad
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Man, this is grim but so spot-on