Recognise free will is an illusion and reap the emotional benefits | Psyche Ideas
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Recognise free will is an illusion and reap the emotional benefits | Psyche Ideas
Whether or not you have worked out your own understanding of free will, just thinking about your potential lack of agency can be an exercise in mindfulness. By observing the thoughts that run amuck your mind, and contemplating the subconscious factors that govern your waking consciousness, you allow awareness to take the wheel — rather than delusio... See more
Alex Olshonsky • Free will: who's in control?
Free will is an illusion. Our wills are simply not of our own making. Thoughts and intentions emerge from background causes of which we are unaware and over which we exert no conscious control. We do not have the freedom we think we have.
Sam Harris • Free Will
feel that we freely author our own thoughts and actions (however difficult it may be to make sense of this in logical or scientific terms).
Sam Harris • Free Will
Chew on this: in many ways, free will is an illusion. We are forever sending and receiving “orders” to and from those around us, as well as those at a distance, but the truth is that we typically perceive these “orders” as coming from within ourselves. The more conscious you can become of which voice you are responding to, the more you can take con
... See moreLaura Day • How to Rule the World from Your Couch
At first, we realize that we do not control the world outside us. I don’t decide when it rains. Then we realize that we do not control what’s happening inside our own body. I don’t control my blood pressure. Next, we understand that we don’t even govern our brain. I don’t tell the neurons when to fire. That’s more difficult. Ultimately we should re
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