Comments | missapocalyptic: I've found the reason for the evilness in this world!

missapocalyptic

I've found the reason for the evilness in this world!

Feb 14, 2007 01:35

So it might be more like “one of the many reasons” (although I think it is an important one) and it might not play into all kinds of evilness (I'd leave out flip-flops and Martha Steward ( Read more... )

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snarkyducky February 14 2007, 06:36:45 UTC

very interesting!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17080934/site/newsweek/ this is related to global warming, not really to your discussion.. but oh man we are so screwed..

ultra_chrome February 22 2007, 09:39:55 UTC

In conclusion: What I'm trying to say is that I'm so superior to others not because of my higher-than-average intelligence or charisma, but because I can answer the question “are you introverted or extroverted” only with a definite “depends...”. Those who find the paraoxon here may ask a personal question of their own choice.I finally got to read this ( ... )

missapocalyptic February 22 2007, 12:05:04 UTC

So, are you sure it's not that you can answer the question that way because of your higher intelligence?

Which leads us straight to question of "what is intelligence"? Honestly, I've seen highly intelligent people doing exactly the thing I criticize here, so... I don't know.

The other thing it does to me is make me so glad there is such a thing as free will, and wish more people admitted that, instead of saying, "I do bad things because..."Actually, I don't believe in concept of free will. To explain this I'd probably have to wite a book, because it's complicated. And kind of a question of definition. First of all, I find it extremely difficult to grasp the... nature of this "free will". I mean, is it something non-physical, like spirit or soul ( ... )

ultra_chrome February 22 2007, 14:15:47 UTC

Hmm. That's an interesting theory. Help me to understand this.

So, in effect, we are living out a pattern that has been designed for us in advance? Like a computer program? Or is it a random thing that we have no control over?

Either way, it kind of negates all the questions of "Why?". The answer would then be, "Because it is."

To me, free will is a thought thing. We think about things, come to conclusions and choose to act, or not act. Thoughts can't actually be traced to a physical beginning, so maybe it is a spirit thing.

My own personal belief is that we are given choices and there are consequences for our actions which guide us toward a goal. We can make decisions that will impact us in different ways.

Come to think of it, maybe we need to believe in free will, or else what is the point?

missapocalyptic February 22 2007, 16:16:29 UTC

So, in effect, we are living out a pattern that has been designed for us in advance? Like a computer program? Or is it a random thing that we have no control over?"designed" sounds too much like there's a purpose behind it. No, for me it's more like the latter thing. We have no control over it, but because this whole action/reaction is so big and complicated and fucking huge, no one will be able to compute the pattern. So, practically it's as if the pattern didn't even exist ( ... )