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.
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.
