I Like to Philosophize
Unfollowing nature’s script
I am an altruistic person. So basically, I get joy by helping others.
So then, had that pathway not been naturally provided to me, would I still be an altruist? Well, if I were one of those who just accepts nature, I wouldn't. I admit I was born with it, but had I not, self-analysis would have told me, and since I consciously consider altruism to be right, then I would have gone awakening that path little by little, and eventually become one. Actually, that is what being a true altruist means, by choosing it.
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After all, our brain works with inputs and outputs (hormones...) that make us classify stimuli as good or bad. Do this and you get rewarded, do that and you get punished. You may think this is too simple for our brains, and even if it’s true we humans can achieve a very complex thinking, it is difficult to escape from those basic orders (seek pleasure, avoid distress), especially if we are not aware of it (subsconcious); or we choose not to know…
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However, the "black box" that decides the output wasn't chosen by us. Nature imprinted all those sets of conditions. Just accepting what you were made into means not wanting to look inside the box, less trying to change it. Here I don't mean you should change the whole circuitry, but I do consider one should do the slow and careful process of checking the connections one by one. And should they come across one you decide it's not right, you can try to change it. For example, controlling everything around me makes me feel safe, but I know it is not good, so I can slowly change it.
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Is this messing around with your head? Not really. It is going a step further than knowing yourself, by choosing yourself. We were given a set of wires, yes, but nature also gifted us with a set of tools we have at our disposal: will, determination, judgement, reason...
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But why do this? Because, in my opinion, there is no point in a life where you just play the part you were assigned. That is a purely deterministic landscape. And I'd rather choose death with dignity than having to live a life deprived of free will. I still haven't figured out if free will can exist, but what's for sure is that self-acceptance and the embracement of nature without question completely denies it. Well, unless you freely choose to be chained, which is actually pretty common among those who had once achieved freedom, being it a terrifying experience (you start to question your reasons to live).
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Freedom... Free are those who choose to be free, with courage, being aware it could very well be their doom. Even if there is not meaning in this world, I’d rather keep searching for a true one than creating fake illusions to justify my leading a standard life. I'd rather try to grasp real hope, fail and succumb to oblivion than blindly follow nature's script.
I am an altruistic person. So basically, I get joy by helping others.
So then, had that pathway not been naturally provided to me, would I still be an altruist? Well, if I were one of those who just accepts nature, I wouldn't. I admit I was born with it, but had I not, self-analysis would have told me, and since I consciously consider altruism to be right, then I would have gone awakening that path little by little, and eventually become one. Actually, that is what being a true altruist means, by choosing it.
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After all, our brain works with inputs and outputs (hormones...) that make us classify stimuli as good or bad. Do this and you get rewarded, do that and you get punished. You may think this is too simple for our brains, and even if it’s true we humans can achieve a very complex thinking, it is difficult to escape from those basic orders (seek pleasure, avoid distress), especially if we are not aware of it (subsconcious); or we choose not to know…
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However, the "black box" that decides the output wasn't chosen by us. Nature imprinted all those sets of conditions. Just accepting what you were made into means not wanting to look inside the box, less trying to change it. Here I don't mean you should change the whole circuitry, but I do consider one should do the slow and careful process of checking the connections one by one. And should they come across one you decide it's not right, you can try to change it. For example, controlling everything around me makes me feel safe, but I know it is not good, so I can slowly change it.
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Is this messing around with your head? Not really. It is going a step further than knowing yourself, by choosing yourself. We were given a set of wires, yes, but nature also gifted us with a set of tools we have at our disposal: will, determination, judgement, reason...
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But why do this? Because, in my opinion, there is no point in a life where you just play the part you were assigned. That is a purely deterministic landscape. And I'd rather choose death with dignity than having to live a life deprived of free will. I still haven't figured out if free will can exist, but what's for sure is that self-acceptance and the embracement of nature without question completely denies it. Well, unless you freely choose to be chained, which is actually pretty common among those who had once achieved freedom, being it a terrifying experience (you start to question your reasons to live).
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Freedom... Free are those who choose to be free, with courage, being aware it could very well be their doom. Even if there is not meaning in this world, I’d rather keep searching for a true one than creating fake illusions to justify my leading a standard life. I'd rather try to grasp real hope, fail and succumb to oblivion than blindly follow nature's script.
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