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I am not arguing people have no control over their lives and everything is deterministic. I am arguing that the rational component (ego) is only one aspect of d
by errantmind 5y ago
I am not arguing people have no control over their lives and everything is deterministic. I am arguing that the rational component (ego) is only one aspect of decision making and is often reactive (with explanations for behavior), not proactive.
> You are not slave to your primitive monkey brain desires
One part of your brain influencing the other doesn't enslave it. Repeatedly denying your desires will only make them stronger, which is why willpower is almost never enough by itself. Sure, if you focus all your energies on regulating one set of behaviors you may be successful, but willpower is a resource. If you use it all there you won't have it elsewhere.
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoWillpower is not a resource, it's a tree. The more you water it the stronger it grows. It doesn't spend it accumulates. Only your beliefs make it otherwise. If you believe it is a resource then you allow yourself to act as if it were depleted.
- errantmind 5y agoI don't doubt what you are saying is possible, but I've never come across it. I do a few things absolutely, for life, with no exceptions, but if applied to all aspects of life the rigidity would be crushing.