Life is how it will become?

[themattsparks]

Over coffee last week I had a discussion with two of my closest friends. Paulo (whose blog you can read here) brought up an observation that has, for the past week, been on my mind. Basically he said that  what happens in life is predetermined by events of the past. Being the staunch believer in free-will that I am (or was?), I argued. In the

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[anonymous]

Well, Matt Sparks, this could all be true...but at the same time, every choice that you are making is still a CHOICE. To use your example, the person chooses to change his or her life by changing what he/she is eating, working out, continuing to care about his/her girl/boyfriend, etc. Yes, events in the past affect future events, but that doesn't mean that life is predestined. There is plenty of wiggle room, plenty of places where we decide to do things or decide how to react to things

[anonymous]

I agree with Jo! I do want to add that another large part of decision-making is reaction. How will I (or anyone else) react to the choice at hand.
Please keep your "huge pisses" to yourself as well - it is slightly disturbing.
-Sal

[anonymous]

hello matt,
I meant to post my long winded reply on this blog, but I accidentally put it on the one about the billions of sheep.. well anyway, take a look at it. I pretty much said the same things as Jo and Sally, but I used a cool metaphor.
I'm sad that I didn't get to discuss this in person with you fellers, but hopefully the discussion will continue because im pretty interested in this stuff. I'm also interested in coffee, and small rodents such as hamsters.

-Evan

Thanks!

[themattsparks]

Thanks a lot for commenting on my blog. It makes me feel all warm inside.

In response to the comments I must first say that I'm still not exactly sure how I feel about this topic. However, it seems that the choices we make could still be considered predetermined. I'm at work so I can't type all my thoughts, but I'll be posting another blog tonight with some follow-ups.