it is a brilliant piece. You should all read it.
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At last! A piece on free will that I can actually make sense of ๐
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This is an indictment on all I have written on the subject. Barry, I am not writing on freewill again ๐ฆ
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Why not? You’re “free” to do so. ๐
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He speaks as if he has a choice. He does not. His life circumstances, his culture, his very biology, demands he write more on the topic!
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Hahaha. I will not write just to prove your point ๐
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And here I thought I was one of the rare breed who actually and regularly read Novella’s articles. I have found him to be a rich source of explanatory writing about sometimes difficult to describe ideas, especially involving various studies in neuroscience and what they indicate.
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I am a treasure hunter. Go looking for nice things, you know
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Superb piece. I’ll be bookmarking this. Thanks.
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I thought it was.
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Thank you for sharing this with us! Naked hugs!
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Loving is sharing, or so they say
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Indeed it is, my Kenyan brother! Naked hugs!
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Nothing but conjecture. Since we are pack animals we have built in urges, behaviors, that lead us. Intellect allows us to discard our pack urges. Is that free will? Or are we developing a new norm?
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whether intellect rules over the will is another matter. but i think i agree with you. we are ruled by urges
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But capable, in some cases, of overcoming our urges? Or is intellect yet another layer of “urge”?
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intellect, Schopenhauer, argues comes only much later in life as support to the will.
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I agree with you too, but ask how much of our urges are free will/determined. I was in prison with a man who was highly intelligent. He was a supporter of predestination. Of course he had a reason to grasp at predestination. We debated this ideal endlessly and he admitted that we were not predestined by a higher power.
I like your post and thoughtful ideas, keep them coming.
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Wow, though. The comments section over there is quite toxic! At least Silence of Mind was amusing in his insults.
We are lucky here! Kudos to Maka!
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No, thanks to all of you. Always disagreeing civilly. And goodness SoM doesn’t come here
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Oh, come on… don;t you miss SoM even a little bit? I know I do… in the same way I miss the drunk uncle from family gatherings.
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I don’t miss him. I don’t like people who intentionally spell people’s names badly.
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I was never fond of the drunk uncle, either, but he always brought a bit of adventure/drama to any event. Sometimes I don’t get enough exercise cringing and these muscles can grow lax, I’ve found. Still, I am fond of SoM.
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The feminism debate in the post above DID get a little heated. (Not a fan of calls to traditional roles, but the way!) ๐
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