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Epigenetics Gives No Alibi for Freedom
Epigenetics is a powerful mechanism explaining how early environment regulates gene function (including multigenerational trauma effects via eggs and sperm), but it offers no support for free will—you cannot consciously choose to reverse the epigenetic changes from your childhood; it functions by the same deterministic billiard-ball rules as everything else.
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Robert SapolskyEvidence Quote
“it's not that once you have conscious awareness and that you are a free organism you can now choose which of the epigenetic things that happened to you in childhood you reverse”
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:19:39 AM
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