2012Aceman@alien.topBtoBooks•"Determined: Life without free will" has really given me a lot to think aboutEnglish
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1 year agoDoes hunger mean you HAVE to eat?
Does thirst mean you MUST drink?
Does arousal mean you MUST have sex?
Does loneliness mean you MUST seek company?
Does cold mean you MUST seek shelter?
Your mind, your WILL, gets to override these biological concerns. Are you going to be more susceptible to certain feelings than others will depending on your biological makeup? Certainly, but that doesn’t mean that the YOU making all the decisions isn’t there. You just decided not to put up the fight this time, and to ride out the dopamine release of scratching off a need.
Because a lot of people confuse it for a Utopia model. Missing all the children they poison to create a perpetual working class…