(March 14, 2016 at 3:27 pm)RozKek Wrote:If you actually look at that study, that is a very short term effect. After an hour or so, subjects showed no differences. Studies also show the exact same behavior she people had ANY deeply held beliefchallenged. The normal reaction is apparently aggressive denial, anger and acting out.(March 14, 2016 at 3:14 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Free will, or the lack thereof, makes no difference in my life.
Nothing at all? According to a study, when some subjects were told that free will does not exist, they became more aggressive, more likely to steal, etc. And another study told that students who believed in free will performed better academically. Does none of that describe any changes you've noticed about yourself?
Long term studies on people who actively disbelieve in free will have not been done. However, considering humanists and other such groups, it seems more compassion for others is a possible outcome
I find it to be one of the most cognitive dissonance causing ideas. I know it doesn't exist, at least in any meaningful way, yet I continually think and act as if it did. I have to actively apply it to a situation (a form of radical acceptance), but it is actually part of many therapy techniques to treat people with chronic depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. It helps people accept things the way they are, without assigning blame or passing judgment.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
