@SamHarrisOrg An entry into the debate of 'free will' and how people develop.
I wonder sometimes if what you see as unconditional outcomes is due in some large part to the underlying conditioning that conscribes one's self.
This image struck me along those lines.
I wonder sometimes if what you see as unconditional outcomes is due in some large part to the underlying conditioning that conscribes one's self.
This image struck me along those lines.
I gather you see this as just another effect in the universal cosmic Cause... An inevitable happening that must be seen as an effect, rather than a 'cause' of its own?
Is every analysis of the context and conditioning of people subject to the trump card of 'yep, that is how it must be given the massive totality of all the forces leading to this moment'.
That any 'choice' made, is redominated as "yep, part of the inescapable 'that is what had to happen', and so it happened.
There is a circular logic to the idea that eludes me. Probably cant think deep enough about it to get it.
It does seem that the assertion contains its
There is a circular logic to the idea that eludes me. Probably cant think deep enough about it to get it.
It does seem that the assertion contains its
conclusions. Which is a way of suggesting, if not saying, that the theory seems unscientific in that it is not possible to be proven wrong. There is no condition that can be posed that can disprove the underlying premise. That being, everything happens bec it must happen.
Anyway. Probably just showing my ignorance & inability to grok the depth at which you see.
In the meantime, at some level, this picture, and its implications also has some value, meaning, and lessons to be learned.
In the meantime, at some level, this picture, and its implications also has some value, meaning, and lessons to be learned.
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