Have you ever seen one of those 'magic eye' posters? They're drawn by computer, each bit carefully mapped out, but it takes an observer to see the hidden image by adjusting the way he looks at it. It takes an observer to bring it to life.
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Do we have free-will?
- Thread starter Orias
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Infinitum
Possessed Bookworm
Haha, my take on this is all but simple. I think (experience) there's an "I" that is observing and having opinions on what I do and what I'm supposed to be doing. Then there are other "lesses I's" who think differently and want sometimes even completely opposing things. So if I decide for instance that I'm not going to eat that chocolate bar on the table, but soon find myself munching on it anyway, it's actually the "lesser I" who got her will through. It's still me having free will, but it's not necessarely the me I was aware of at the moment 
On the other hand free will doesn't really seem to matter much in daily life. Things come and go and I have no or very little control of most events affecting me anyway. Sure, I can decide (more or less) how to react to those situations, but it doesn't really stop them from happening in the first place.
On the other hand free will doesn't really seem to matter much in daily life. Things come and go and I have no or very little control of most events affecting me anyway. Sure, I can decide (more or less) how to react to those situations, but it doesn't really stop them from happening in the first place.