Father
Devourer of Truth
What is Free will?
the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion. meaning our choice's cannot be based or caused by variables outside our control.
example. I like heavy metal. the reasoning for my liking it is due to my father playing it when I was little. if I am choosing an iron maiden song I have a high probability of picking one he use to play. my choice in picking it was decided by my upbringing along with which type of music I like. along with my current mood and thoughts, which are not consciously controllable but are caused by the events of the day.
my decision was decided based on those factor's subconscious and not consciously. as anything thought up consciously first passes through the subconscious and our decisions already made before we consciously agree to one or the other. while you still make the decision you don't really have a say in it.
Humans are thought to have the power to Veto our subconscious's desisions. but really it would already be decided before we consciously Veto it. for example, if I am needing to make a choice and I flip a coin. my following through with the outcome or ignoring it and making my own decision anyways was already decided before seeing the outcome of the coin, or was decided the moment I saw it.
its a complex thing as every choice you make if you truly want to see how little power you have you can look at as many variables that lead you to need to make it in the first place. and think about why you are choosing A or B.
from first a Science perspective.
the big bang. current theory and most evident theory of the origin of the universe. some simple light switch on,
the reason for the Earth being able to house life is due to its seemingly random luck of being in the right place at the right time.
your being born was due to 1000s of years of actions and variable's outside your control. whether it was a fish like creature millions of years ago eating this over that, or one of your human ancestors developing a mutation like having blonde hair and blue eye's that other humans found valuable and so mated with and kept safe from conquers or invaders. everything leading to your birth. your taste and ideals are directly caused by either your upbringing or genetics. having an aptitude for painting, for example, may affect your outlook as well.
so in short while you can make choices your choices are decided by variables that happened long before your choice. and everything falling just in the right place for you even to be born, and in short already deciding your choice before you make it.
so we have no Free Will.
From a Religious perspective, let us base it on the Abrahamic Faith's
God is omniscient. all knowing he knows what will happen what has happened and what will ever happen.
he knew everything that was ever going to occur before speaking the first word and creating the universe he knew Adam would eat the apple of knowledge before he made Adam. he knew Lucifer *in Christianity* would rebel and fail and screw up everything before he even made him.
everything is going according to plan as everything can be drawn back to him. he is the ultimate cause the ultimate pusher.
if something is not going according to plan its because he wants it to because if he didn't he could have fixed it before it happened.
since God knew what would happen and created the universe knowing it would happen. then its already decided to happen. and you have no power over that, so you have no free will.
some would argue "oh well he just let it happen the choice is still your's" no as he caused it to happen by letting it happen. he is omnipotent he has unlimited power. he is not even bound by the same logic as we are that's why he is nicknamed the God of the Paradox.
For both Science and Religion
Many in both camps dislike this though it hurts their fee'fees and they see it as depressing, this showing the arrogance of Man thinking the universe revolves around them and that they have any real power over it. they don't. you don't.
what does this mean? it does not mean go out and kill because it was "predetermined", though you're doing so would simply back my point as your choice to do or not do so was caused by reading this and your reading this caused by owning a computer or device. your coming to this site caused by upbringing and personal ideal's whether governed by emotion and I can go on and on and on but I won't.
your rejecting or accepting this Truth is based on your own personal ideal's which are either affected by upbringing also or intelligence.
really whether you accept this or not changes nothing. as we all still go through life thinking we have power over anything. as such is Human nature. another thing you didn't choose to have. and can never break away from unless you cease to be human.
Closing Statement
"Whats the probability of drawing the ace of spades from a deck with no jokers? Normally it would be 1/50. But what if it's a brand new deck? The position of cards in a new deck are typically identical, so that means if you take out the jokers and draw the card at the very bottom, it's the ace of spades almost 100% of the time. Oh, that's right! I didn't say a word about it being a new deck. Rather, you didn't ask. Being in the "no" gives you the power to turn the probability of winning from 1.92% to 100%. The more knowledge of a party will be the inevitable victor." -Sora .(No Game No Life)
that's a little quote to take to heart. the more Knowledge one has the more variable's one can process. the less chaotic and undetermined the Universe seems. and the more Orderly and predetermined it is, is revealed.
it's why while I am not Good at things like Poker or games seemingly based on luck. I have a deep respect for those who are Good at it.
Anyhow while I will probably completely disagree with your thoughts on it I would love to hear them. so comment your thoughts down below.
Bye.
the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion. meaning our choice's cannot be based or caused by variables outside our control.
example. I like heavy metal. the reasoning for my liking it is due to my father playing it when I was little. if I am choosing an iron maiden song I have a high probability of picking one he use to play. my choice in picking it was decided by my upbringing along with which type of music I like. along with my current mood and thoughts, which are not consciously controllable but are caused by the events of the day.
my decision was decided based on those factor's subconscious and not consciously. as anything thought up consciously first passes through the subconscious and our decisions already made before we consciously agree to one or the other. while you still make the decision you don't really have a say in it.
Humans are thought to have the power to Veto our subconscious's desisions. but really it would already be decided before we consciously Veto it. for example, if I am needing to make a choice and I flip a coin. my following through with the outcome or ignoring it and making my own decision anyways was already decided before seeing the outcome of the coin, or was decided the moment I saw it.
its a complex thing as every choice you make if you truly want to see how little power you have you can look at as many variables that lead you to need to make it in the first place. and think about why you are choosing A or B.
from first a Science perspective.
the big bang. current theory and most evident theory of the origin of the universe. some simple light switch on,
the reason for the Earth being able to house life is due to its seemingly random luck of being in the right place at the right time.
your being born was due to 1000s of years of actions and variable's outside your control. whether it was a fish like creature millions of years ago eating this over that, or one of your human ancestors developing a mutation like having blonde hair and blue eye's that other humans found valuable and so mated with and kept safe from conquers or invaders. everything leading to your birth. your taste and ideals are directly caused by either your upbringing or genetics. having an aptitude for painting, for example, may affect your outlook as well.
so in short while you can make choices your choices are decided by variables that happened long before your choice. and everything falling just in the right place for you even to be born, and in short already deciding your choice before you make it.
so we have no Free Will.
From a Religious perspective, let us base it on the Abrahamic Faith's
God is omniscient. all knowing he knows what will happen what has happened and what will ever happen.
he knew everything that was ever going to occur before speaking the first word and creating the universe he knew Adam would eat the apple of knowledge before he made Adam. he knew Lucifer *in Christianity* would rebel and fail and screw up everything before he even made him.
everything is going according to plan as everything can be drawn back to him. he is the ultimate cause the ultimate pusher.
if something is not going according to plan its because he wants it to because if he didn't he could have fixed it before it happened.
since God knew what would happen and created the universe knowing it would happen. then its already decided to happen. and you have no power over that, so you have no free will.
some would argue "oh well he just let it happen the choice is still your's" no as he caused it to happen by letting it happen. he is omnipotent he has unlimited power. he is not even bound by the same logic as we are that's why he is nicknamed the God of the Paradox.
For both Science and Religion
Many in both camps dislike this though it hurts their fee'fees and they see it as depressing, this showing the arrogance of Man thinking the universe revolves around them and that they have any real power over it. they don't. you don't.
what does this mean? it does not mean go out and kill because it was "predetermined", though you're doing so would simply back my point as your choice to do or not do so was caused by reading this and your reading this caused by owning a computer or device. your coming to this site caused by upbringing and personal ideal's whether governed by emotion and I can go on and on and on but I won't.
your rejecting or accepting this Truth is based on your own personal ideal's which are either affected by upbringing also or intelligence.
really whether you accept this or not changes nothing. as we all still go through life thinking we have power over anything. as such is Human nature. another thing you didn't choose to have. and can never break away from unless you cease to be human.
Closing Statement
"Whats the probability of drawing the ace of spades from a deck with no jokers? Normally it would be 1/50. But what if it's a brand new deck? The position of cards in a new deck are typically identical, so that means if you take out the jokers and draw the card at the very bottom, it's the ace of spades almost 100% of the time. Oh, that's right! I didn't say a word about it being a new deck. Rather, you didn't ask. Being in the "no" gives you the power to turn the probability of winning from 1.92% to 100%. The more knowledge of a party will be the inevitable victor." -Sora .(No Game No Life)
that's a little quote to take to heart. the more Knowledge one has the more variable's one can process. the less chaotic and undetermined the Universe seems. and the more Orderly and predetermined it is, is revealed.
it's why while I am not Good at things like Poker or games seemingly based on luck. I have a deep respect for those who are Good at it.
Anyhow while I will probably completely disagree with your thoughts on it I would love to hear them. so comment your thoughts down below.
Bye.
