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Hopefully we are able to use our willpower to bring about personality change over the course of our life.
by JacksonGariety 7y ago
Hopefully we are able to use our willpower to bring about personality change over the course of our life.
- blfr 7y agoYour genes are at work 24/7/365. How much willpower do you have?
- rofo1 7y agoI have a lot. Whats your point? Are you saying there's no willpower at all or what? There are people with unusual levels of willpower. I am one of them and I know others. It is what it is.
- gherkinnn 7y agoImplying our willpower is separate from your genes. Maybe the will to change yourself is encoded in your DNA.
- JacksonGariety 7y agoTrue. But DNA is also to some degree shaped by the choices we make in life, no?
- gherkinnn 7y agoThat’s a question for people who know about epigenetics. But it seems so. Not necessarily our choices alone, but the environment as a whole.
- rofo1 7y agoYou are responsible for the choices you make. You can learn new information, and you can adjust your behavior or habits based on that. The new things you learn wouldn't have been inside your DNA/genes.
- gherkinnn 7y agoI don’t wholly agree with the first point. I’m not much of a free will guy. Regarding learning new information, surely the type of info you’re susceptible to, and how to act upon these, isn’t all of your choosing.