The Illusion of Choice

[xiin]

If I were to give you the choice, between having a slice of delicious cake, and being punched in the stomach, what would you chose? For most of us, the choice of the cake is pretty obvious. After all, not only do you avoid the pain, you get to do something pleasant (assuming you like to eat cake). It's a pretty straightforward question, yet, I

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[pezchic]

barbaric!!! Yaaarggg!!

[pezchic]

Your situation which you are pondering is a choice between good and not good. And you do not allow other circumstances that would affect the outcome. Because people choose to do things bad for them every day. Millions upon millions of people do something that is bad and they know it. Of couse there are other reasons and events that lead them to that decision, but they still choose to do the bad thing. Maybe their pain would help someone else, maybe they like the pain, maybe after the pain there is some sort of pleasure, etc, etc. Your argument seems to be based on the ultimate choice of good or bad. and why would someone choose to be bad or have pain

[mantid]

It is nearly funny the way that a lot of people will repeatedly and inescapably. Of course, there are few situations that present themselves as "tea and cake or death". Many decisions involve vast unknowns and possibilities, as human beings are capable only of receiving very small pieces of information about any particular situation. Of course, one could try to polarize life so that things correspond either to Pain or Pleasure, often taking the form of 'Right' and 'Wrong'; but of course, such dichotomy cannot stand

[xiin]

As an addendum or perhaps further clarification as to where I was going with my initial thought experiment: I think it makes sense to view the cake vs punch as more of a basic equation the human mind uses than an attempt to force a false dichotomy

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