Mind Transformation 387

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Let’s talk about free will. I spent the whole hour by listening to Joe Rogan’s podcast with Sam Harris. I guess I may add something to that. I mostly agree with Sam that our actions and thoughts are completely determined. Yea, there is no way to control anything because our consciousness is just an observer, not an agent. As an observer it gathers up all the information we get during our life simultaneously making up some sort of predictions about the future. I’m not going to repeat here all the arguments which support determinism; instead I rather wanna focus on practical implications of that. First of all, it’s an absolute irresponsibility, which was brilliantly described by Nietzsche. No one is responsible for anything. Nobody knows what to do about that, but there is no shadow of a doubt that it’s true. If you really want to be honest with yourself, you must face the truth as it is—whether you like it or not. In some sense there is no “you” at all. It’s only a linguistic fantasy. And here is what can help you to live with that sort of knowledge. If everything you’re doing comes from some randomness or any kind of imaginary thing, it’s based on meaningless superstitions; whereas coming from necessity (in which you have no doubt whatsoever) it truly becomes connected with the whole universe. It doesn’t mean that someone controls your life by using a kind of supernatural equipment. It rather means that you “control” everything what’s going on in your world because there is no difference between you and the world as far as you grasp this. So how can it be possible that you have control and in the same time you don’t have it; choose what to do and don’t choose anything; know something and advocate for agnosticism?

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