@CaliGal @shuttersparks @flexghost I don't think our preferences and behaviours are inflexibly hardwired. There could also be an element of reverse association-the changes shown being the result of rather than cause of. If the role of anatomically-driven determinism is true, then it absolves us of responsibility for our actions.
@arjun @CaliGal@mstdn.party @flexghost Yes it does. Also, the finding wasn't "inflexible" hard-wiring. That was never said. It describes tendencies.
For example, when people are presented with something weird and unfamiliar, some instinctively react with fear and some react with curiosity. This is the kind of difference described by the finding. These can be overridden by training and experience but who is going to do the training. Why should people want to change?
@shuttersparks @CaliGal @flexghost True, regardless of the mechanisms involved, it finally boils down to the desire for change. And, the eternal debate between determinism and free will.