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The discussion here sort of disheartens me. Does it mean that I will be what I was born with? I would like to believe otherwise as it gives hope to achieve gr
by sidcool 12y ago
The discussion here sort of disheartens me. Does it mean that I will be what I was born with? I would like to believe otherwise as it gives hope to achieve greatness, in spite of it not being in my genes.
- sp3000 12y agoYou can be realistic and at the same time strive for self improvement. The main thing is if you enjoy doing something, you can engulf yourself in the process, and the results will come. Everyone is not born with the same ability and some will get farther than others because of this. Deliberate practice will even the playing field some and should still be used in order to gain mastery in whatever skills you desire.
- walterbell 12y agoThe difference with humans is that we can modify our environment, which means we can and do modify the fashions of greatness. Hence the many opinions telling us what is cool today. To exercise free will one must decide which "choices" are deterministic (i.e. not actually choices) and which are open to imaginative innovation. It is the definition of greatness which is personal, not its achievement. In the words of Heinz von Foerster, http://web.stanford.edu/group/SHR/4-2/text/foerster.html http://web.stanford.edu/group/SHR/4-2/text/foerster.html "Only those questions that are in principle undecidable, we can decide."