I wrote a speech about my thoughts of determinism. Can you guys check this for me? Or is there any suggestions I can improve my speech? Thanks. First, I want to explain what determinism is. Determinism denies the existence of free will and believes that personalities and actions only depend on the environment and factors can’t be changed or altered. Next, I will explain determinism with syllogism. The major premise is “The past cannot be changed”. The minor premise is “The future will eventually be the past”. The conclusion is “The future will eventually be the past”. Our endings or future depend on every choice we made. Biologically and psychologically speaking, the choices we made depend on our personalities. And our personalities depend on our genes and cognitions. Genes is something we can’t change. Our cognitions however, depend on the environment we are in. For example, our families, education, culture, climate, etc. This environment we are in can be divided into two types. The first type is living environment which includes all the life-forms that surround us. When it comes to lives, they make choices. This goes back to the beginning of choice, except some lives can only make choices that depend on their genes, like germs. The second type is non-living environment. True, we can change the non-living environment. But when we change, we make choices. This again goes back to the beginning. In conclusion, our lives are just a complicated interaction between genes and non-life forms. In other word, we can’t change our future because there is a destiny for us.