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At a base level, you could assert that none of us can "choose" anything and the universe is entirely deterministic, or it's at least deterministic at any level
by vertex-four 11y ago
At a base level, you could assert that none of us can "choose" anything and the universe is entirely deterministic, or it's at least deterministic at any level which affects us.
In practice, you're generally able to read as much as you want, talk to as many people as you want, and choose who you care about and what issues are important to you. A person's beliefs are changeable with time, effort and understanding of the world they live in.
- guelo 11y ago> you're generally able to read as much as you want, talk to as many people as you want No you can't. I'd love to read and research more on a wide range of topics but I don't have enough time. We all have to take shortcuts while developing our beliefs. Ultimately you have to choose a set of giant's shoulders to stand on, as they say. You can't thoroughly research everything on your own, and even if you could there's no guarantee that you'd come up with better answers than anybody else.