Philosophers, make your comments here

[jammi]

Even if our actions are based on prior decisions, we can still choose to ignore those influences. Like trying something new.

That's not how the concept of fate works though. Fate, is where you can't see those influences at work, and don't realise they're manipulating you. Only way to change destiny would be to see your own personal future and react based on that - although it may have been fate that you'd alter that timeline of your life all along anyway. Fate strips your freedom, and lowers you to unknowing actors in the theatre of life.

If you couldn't tell, I'm really not a fan of determinism.

I don't think the two can co-exist mutually either. If you have the free will to alter an event, that means your time line is malleable. Can be altered. If not, you're back to predestined fate. I think determinism and free will are the opposite ends of the philosophical spectrum and can't co-exist. Something else that occupies a niche between them maybe, but I'm not even sure what that would be.

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