I Am Going to Say Something Controversial

I just logged in and there was this long thread about "happiness is a choice" and lots of comments about the "choices" we make in life. Well, here's a thought: there's no such thing as "free will", and every choice we make is essentially out of our control. Why? I'll explain:

Every "choice" we make is based on a) information we have and b) genetic dispositions we didn't chose (e.g., being risk-adverse or careless; being extroverted or introverted, etc.) Thus, [b]every choice we make is the direct product of things that are inherently [i]out of our control[/i][/b].

Free will is a myth. All things we "chose" to do, to think, to feel, are a consequence of things out of our control: the information we have, via all we've heard and seen, and genetic dispositions we cannot control.

So to hear people saying that "happiness is a choice" beyond pisses me off.

GJOFJ3 · 61-69, M

Your theory is easily disproven.
I'm the middle of seven children, same father, same mother, raised on the same farm, all ate the same food, attended the same school, went to the same church.
As adults we all chose different paths. Different education choices, different life styles, different religions.
None of us chose farming as a career, none of us stayed in the religion we were raised in.
We all exercised our free will to choose our own path and our own happiness.