Netyaroze on 16 April 2012
| Jay520 said: When the brain makes a decision, it's making an output based off of inputs which you have no control over. These inputs are determined by what you see, hear, feel, smell, & taste. The brain is of the universe, not independent of the universe. It follows the laws of nature. It can't control the laws of nature, thus it cannot control itself. It can only learn based off of what it percieves in the universe (coupled with various innate parameters). The brain is just a bunch of atoms. There is no inner force within each person that can determine it's actions. The two things that makes people have different brains are: 1.) Different brains are born with slightly to majorly different parameters (which you can't control obviously) and... 2.) Different people experience different perspectives and thus they mature differently. You do not control how you experience these perspectives, your brain just receives information, evaluates it, and forms what it 'thinks' is the best decision. - - . I remember reading something that said everyone's personality is mostly determined by age 5. I find this to be true for the most part. Think about your peers from first grades. The shy kids are still shy. The disobedient kids probably grew up to still be disobedient. Ask yourself: How was my personality when I was five? How much have I changed? Who/ what can I blame for my personality at five? What if different people raised me? Would I be the same person today? Now, you could say "Well once you become an adult, you can change yourself". It's not that simple. At age five, you're going to do what your brain finds best and you're going to KEEP doing those things. The only thing that can deter your path is if you percieve something that teaches your brain that it must change to be better. You can't decide that thing you percieve. - - - At least that's my opinion. I could be wrong, but I think it makes sense. Please let me know if you agree or disagree. :) |
My personality changed alot since I was 5. And I saw some people change some not.
To the rest:
I thought so too in the past but then I found out the universe isnt as simple as pool billiard. Things happen which cant possibly happen. And our brain works with electricity/electrons small enough to be affected by quantum effects. The Universe doesnt behave like a deterministic system. And aslong as we have no way of merging the big and the small reality we may have a free will or not.
It all comes down to what you want to believe
