Over the history of Earth, many have tried to discern how much control we actually have over ourselves and the world around us. Marcus Aurelius claimed we only had control over our minds. Sigmund Freud claimed we had no control, Viktor Frankl believed that we could seize control of everything. What side of the fence do you fall on? How much control do you believe you have?

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I read an article that says neuroscientist actually found out that our brains make up our minds before we are conscious of it. They were doing an experiment where they told the participants to push the button with they right or left hand and simultaneously they were scaning their brains with fMRI. After a while they were able to predict participants choice. I found this interesting, do we even have control over our thoughts? 😀

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