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> There’s No Such Thing as Free Will > We’re better off believing in it anyway. Nihilism is easy to start but hard to finish.
by carsongross 10y ago
> There’s No Such Thing as Free Will
> We’re better off believing in it anyway.
Nihilism is easy to start but hard to finish.
- jsmith0295 10y agoI would disagree that we're better off. Well, maybe some people would be. But personally, that information has actually had the ironic effect of making me more effective at using my 'free will'. It's easier to try and be something other than what you are if you believe you think you have more control than you actually do, and that's a potentially huge waste of energy.
- carsongross 10y agoYou do realize the hysterically funny contradiction in your comment, correct?
- jsmith0295 10y agoYes, that was very much the point lol
- carsongross 10y agoExcellent. :)
- Amezarak 10y agoI don't think disbelieving free will requires nihilism. It's not that there's unfreedom of the will, it's that the idea and its converse never made any real sense.
- carsongross 10y agoSee? Hard to finish.
- Amezarak 10y agoI don't quite understand you. Can you explain what you mean by "hard to finish"?
- carsongross 10y agoDon't worry: you don't have any choice in the matter, and neither do I.
- gph 10y agoBut you do have a choice. It's just that the choices and your decision are deterministic.