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Originally Posted by Luciian
Do we ever have free will, are our choices ever our own. If we think about how social learning influences our thoughts in almost every aspect it brings about stirring resolutions for me at least.
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Your use of the word 'almost' implies that sometimes there is choice and sometimes fate. Not sure how you can use the word 'almost' and 'resolutions' in the same sentence. *smile*
I posit that choice and fate are not always evident. If I wish to borrow a coat, I might shiver in the cold on purpose to non-verbally ask them for a jacket. That person might think that I involuntarily shivered.
Another more unique example is from the movie Galaxy Quest. The alien race mentioned Gilligan's Island as a historical document. Clearly acting is not real, yet sometimes real events are filmed on the show. Some are fake and some real or at least they were real on take 5. (^: The aliens clearly were fate influence as they had little or no lying in their culture and acting would be lying in a sense. Yet the alien race, and we also, have a choice to fight for freedom from oppression in creative ways.
As a further conundrum, we might never know certain events are real or not. Once I was driving down a road that I thought was 5th Avenue. But it was Alder Avenue as the numbered streets skipped 5th and went from 4th to Alder to 6th.
Lastly, I suppose anytime we invent a product, create a new pun, design a new tattoo, or even create a child on purpose at a certain time of year, one is in the choice moment and not much under a fate based initiative. (^:
Jonathan