the [...] tumor conceivably could have contributed to his inability to control his emotions and actions",[63] while the neurologists and neuropathologists concluded: "The application of existing knowledge of organic brain function does not enable us to explain the actions of Whitman on August first."[64]

Forensic investigators have theorized that the tumor pressed against Whitman's amygdala, a part of the brain related to anxiety and fight-or-flight responses. **

Sounds like, Whitman might have been "in the positions they are due to circumstances that hold a power they are not designed to overcome."

The rabid dog or the faulty gear have no choice in the matter.

It's really only a matter of degree and complexity.

Our "choice" is only apparent because we generally lack the capacity to precisely measure the specific causes and fail to predict some of the actions of ourselves and others.

However, we do have mountains of incontrovertible evidence that humans are very predictable.

This man has made it abundantly clear. **