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Do you ever really do anything out of your own concsious choice, or are we always controlled by external stimulation or motive?

11/1/2023

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INTJ

Gemini

I always act on whims. 😌 (edited)

Alexis

INTJ

Sagittarius

1 Award

Both. They aren't mutually exclusive imo. All choices require a level of conscious decision making even impulsive ones, but all of our conscious and subconscious thoughts are influenced in one way or another by the world around us and the experiences we've had.

DeCarvalho

INFP

If you know, you know..

Yammy (Yamyam)🇵🇭

INFJ

Cancer

2 Awards

It's my own decision ,so whenever I'm wrong I take responsibility on it. Your decision your choice and you cannot blame anyone (edited)

Rick

INFP

According to the theory of determinism, everything that has ever happened in the existence of the universe, up until the beginning of the big bang, has a cause and a consequence. It's all a chain reaction from the inception of the universe, because everything will always follow physics. So in short, you can say that you are predetermined to do what you will do no matter what, and say that this implies in a lack of free will. But it's comforting to think that what you do with your thoughts, and if you'll give in to accept it as unavoidable, ultimately, are things that are up to you to decide. Even though what you will think is technically determined already, you will reach that conclusion yourself, in your own perspective. So there's no reason for us to think that we're doomed, when our very perception is that we are always in control of our thoughts. (edited)

Ivan

INTJ

Aries

Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

Pinky

ISTJ

Taurus

1 Award

Yes, when i have carsick but still have to drive 🤣🤣🤣

Ellert

INTJ

Virgo

Coriander Lafayt

INTP

Cancer

Probably the later, considering I Superglued fangs to my actual teeth today and then later thought about it and was like 'wow that's kinda dumb of me'. Looked cool though.

Patricia

INTP

Aries

1 Award

The matrix: Am I a joke to you?! (edited)

Eric

ENTP

Gemini

Ever heard of peer influences? Survival instincts? Religion assimilation? Propaganda? You are a canva that is molded by your environment and by who can scream at you the louder. (edited)

Curtis

INFP

Taurus

I usually choose to do dumb things.

Jaimeson

INFJ

Taurus

Mindfulness is an art 🙏🤲

Sasha

ESFJ

I believe in free will, but there are many influences on our conscious choices. Sometimes that influence is strong enough to become a compulsion, but even then, compliance is our decision.

Ivan

INFJ

Cancer

There was a young man who said “Damn, For it certainly seems that I am, A creature that moves In determinate grooves, I’m not even a bus — I’m a tram.”

Marc

INTJ

Aquarius

I think therefore i am. Ergo i think im neo living in the matrix therefore i am neo living in the matrix.

Owen

ISTP

Leo

#whocare

Benjamin

ENTJ

Leo

It is ourselves who determine the stimulation. At a fork in the path, the beauty of one branch is only greater than the other within our own heads

Abby

INFJ

Capricorn

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Phil

ESTJ

Aries

Depending on what you believe, different answers are true. Personally, I'm not much of a "Destiny" guy. You make up your own life and take responsibility of it if you want to truly feel like it was yours in the end.

Stephany

ENFP

Taurus

My motivation is to always have a better day then the last. I strive for peace of mind and that even tho not everything is planed, there are always opportunities to make things better🌺🌺🌺

vismay chaudhari

INFJ

Aquarius

They gonna know-how are they gonna know?-they gonn know XD

Hai

ESTJ

Taurus

When you say 'external', you mean your parents, right?

Max

INTJ

A brilliant attempt. I guess it's always a mix. But we can and should influence the ratio. But do we all know our deepest motivations?

Nathan

INTP

Aries

When I walk into a room and IMMEDIATELY forget why I went in I feel like a Sim whose action got canceled. Definitely a simulation

Lum Yik Kin

ENFP

Gemini

I mean, in the end, we end up following our hearts, no matter how illogical it may be.

Jace

ENTJ

Aries

Take both to see both realities.

Andrew

ENFP

Virgo

Who is we? Who is you? What is controlled? Where do "you" end and "external" begin? Is memory external or internal? What about desire?

Carly

INTJ

Virgo

I think everyone does things out of their own conscious choice, some just lie to themselves to remove the blame and control from themselves onto others or situations

Luna

INTJ

Leo

Everyone in the comments claiming to be driven by free will would be surprised about how little of that we truly have

Harvey

ISTP

Aquarius

Technically everything does things do to external stimulation. But due to that we gain experiences through them and make our own dissions, even if it is following someone else's wishes. So really every one d9es thing through external stimuli

Jason

INTP

Capricorn

There is no either/or. Choice IS the culmination of the machinery of our brains and external factors

Даша

INFP

Pisces

I'm too lazy to even think about what the hell is this question about

Corey J Comai

ISFJ

Capricorn

Subliminal Messages

Arda Dzhoshkun

ENTP

Pisces

In my honest opinion if there is someone or something controlling me, i think that they are either AFK or are doing a very bad job 😂

Gianna

INFJ

Aries

I just make impulse choices and mistakes soooooo 🤷‍♀️

..... 😇

INFJ

Gemini

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Marrie Soul

INFJ

Cancer

We are always free to choose..But I believe there will be always a time that we decide based on what will make things better not just for ourselves but for everyone else...Our motives determines how we act..either it is right or wrong..We will realized if we have done the right choices with the consequences and outcomes..😇 (edited)

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I always act on whims. 😌 (edited)

Both. They aren't mutually exclusive imo. All choices require a level of conscious decision making even impulsive ones, but all of our conscious and subconscious thoughts are influenced in one way or another by the world around us and the experiences we've had.

If you know, you know..

It's my own decision ,so whenever I'm wrong I take responsibility on it. *Your decision your choice and you cannot blame anyone* (edited)

Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

Yes, when i have carsick but still have to drive 🤣🤣🤣

Probably the later, considering I Superglued fangs to my actual teeth today and then later thought about it and was like 'wow that's kinda dumb of me'. Looked cool though.

The matrix: Am I a joke to you?! (edited)

Ever heard of peer influences? Survival instincts? Religion assimilation? Propaganda? You are a canva that is molded by your environment and by who can scream at you the louder. (edited)

I usually choose to do dumb things.

Mindfulness is an art 🙏🤲

I believe in free will, but there are many influences on our conscious choices. Sometimes that influence is strong enough to become a compulsion, but even then, compliance is our decision.

There was a young man who said “Damn, For it certainly seems that I am, A creature that moves In determinate grooves, I’m not even a bus — I’m a tram.”

I think therefore i am. Ergo i think im neo living in the matrix therefore i am neo living in the matrix.

#whocare

It is ourselves who determine the stimulation. At a fork in the path, the beauty of one branch is only greater than the other within our own heads

..

Depending on what you believe, different answers are true. Personally, I'm not much of a "Destiny" guy. You make up your own life and take responsibility of it if you want to truly feel like it was yours in the end.

My motivation is to always have a better day then the last. I strive for peace of mind and that even tho not everything is planed, there are always opportunities to make things better🌺🌺🌺

They gonna know-how are they gonna know?-they gonn know XD

When you say 'external', you mean your parents, right?

A brilliant attempt. I guess it's always a mix. But we can and should influence the ratio. But do we all know our deepest motivations?

When I walk into a room and IMMEDIATELY forget why I went in I feel like a Sim whose action got canceled. Definitely a simulation

I mean, in the end, we end up following our hearts, no matter how illogical it may be.

Take both to see both realities.

Who is we? Who is you? What is controlled? Where do "you" end and "external" begin? Is memory external or internal? What about desire?

I think everyone does things out of their own conscious choice, some just lie to themselves to remove the blame and control from themselves onto others or situations

Everyone in the comments claiming to be driven by free will would be surprised about how little of that we truly have

Technically everything does things do to external stimulation. But due to that we gain experiences through them and make our own dissions, even if it is following someone else's wishes. So really every one d9es thing through external stimuli

There is no either/or. Choice IS the culmination of the machinery of our brains and external factors

I'm too lazy to even think about what the hell is this question about

Subliminal Messages

In my honest opinion if there is someone or something controlling me, i think that they are either AFK or are doing a very bad job 😂

I just make impulse choices and mistakes soooooo 🤷‍♀️

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It's my own decision ,so whenever I'm wrong I take responsibility on it. Your decision your choice and you cannot blame anyone (edited)