Ahoda @ 18/4/2018 13:53

Spin @ 18/4/2018 15:47 Ahoda @ 18/4/2018 14:34 Spin @ 18/4/2018 14:31 It doesn't come even close to existing. You may think you have choices, but every choice you make is heavily dependent on your environment, your "morals" (i.e. your upbringing), and the external stresses involved in the situation. Your choices are basically made for you before you even realize it. What made me just pick my nose? Probably a nerve ending in the inside of your nose sent a 'general discomfort' signal to your brain, which then sent a signal to your hand to address the discomfort. I had a tissue here that I could have blew my nose and got the booger out. Instead i used my finger.

That´s an easy one, because you´re Ahoda.

I can already tell this is going to be a shitty thread with a bunch of armchair philosophers spewing their nonsense

Nah, it's not anything spiritual that is driving you. it's all electrical impulse and chemical reactions. Why do you have certain kinks? It's not because you chose them, it's just stuff that turns you on chemically.

Igor @ 18/4/2018 16:19

I can already tell this is going to be a shitty thread with a bunch of armchair philosophers spewing their nonsense

Is there really any other kind of philosopher?

vladykins @ 18/4/2018 16:36

Nah, it's not anything spiritual that is driving you. it's all electrical impulse and chemical reactions. Why do you have certain kinks? It's not because you chose them, it's just stuff that turns you on chemically.

I was thinking more along the lines of the people that think god choose this path and that type of thinking.

Ahoda @ 18/4/2018 14:38

vladykins @ 18/4/2018 16:36 Nah, it's not anything spiritual that is driving you. it's all electrical impulse and chemical reactions. Why do you have certain kinks? It's not because you chose them, it's just stuff that turns you on chemically. I was thinking more along the lines of the people that think god choose this path and that type of thinking.

Well it contradicts the choice between good and evil, but you can find contradictions on most pages of the Bible.

vladykins @ 18/4/2018 14:37

Igor @ 18/4/2018 16:19 I can already tell this is going to be a shitty thread with a bunch of armchair philosophers spewing their nonsense Is there really any other kind of philosopher?

I'm more of a desk chair philosopher.

so the science is behind the decision-making process, but I'm still the one making the decision? Please advise.

Ahoda @ 18/4/2018 15:08

I do wonder if the people that think everything is predetermined are more spiritual then the free will believers.

The opposite of free will isn't necessarily predetermination.

vladykins @ 18/4/2018 15:37

Igor @ 18/4/2018 16:19 I can already tell this is going to be a shitty thread with a bunch of armchair philosophers spewing their nonsense Is there really any other kind of philosopher?

The other kind is just called homeless.

I believe in limited free will.

I saw the description "free will" and thought of free willy. fuck this thread for letting me down.

jme @ 18/4/2018 17:13

I saw the description "free will" and thought of free willy. fuck this thread for letting me down.

And now you're walking around hanging out ... FU thread!

Primate @ 18/4/2018 15:11

I believe in limited free will.

How do you define limited free will?