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Do you control what you believe?
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RE: Do you control what you believe?
Here's the way I see it:

You almost always believe something when you believe that there's sufficient evidence for it, but if your brain genuinely wants to ignore the evidence and be delusional it will. If you really really really wanted to believe that you're a snowman and you believed that your life depended on that belief and your will to live was extremely strong, your brain would force yourself to believe that delusion against the evidence in front of you. Reason is the slave of the passions.

So ultimately it's a matter of desire (usually in the form of fear, meaning you really want something to not happen), and the reason why it seems that it isn't is because it's normal to desire to believe what you think is true. And it's a big and important built-in habit to believe that the truth is important.

However despite it being a choice that doesn't mean it's a free choice. Despite it being willed it doesn't mean the will is free. It doesn't mean that there's free will.
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Do you control what you believe? - by CapnAwesome - October 9, 2012 at 3:06 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Napoléon - October 9, 2012 at 3:07 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Nine - October 9, 2012 at 3:10 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by TaraJo - October 10, 2012 at 11:11 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Kayenneh - October 9, 2012 at 3:14 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 9, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Do you control what you believe? - by festive1 - October 9, 2012 at 5:09 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Brian37 - October 9, 2012 at 5:20 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Reforged - October 9, 2012 at 6:43 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by genkaus - October 11, 2012 at 7:40 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by shiver23 - October 9, 2012 at 7:08 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 9, 2012 at 7:26 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Reforged - October 9, 2012 at 7:29 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Angrboda - October 10, 2012 at 12:44 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Dumac Dwarfking - October 10, 2012 at 1:20 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Aroura - October 11, 2012 at 12:53 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 11, 2012 at 10:33 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Aroura - October 11, 2012 at 4:01 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 11, 2012 at 7:55 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Aroura - October 11, 2012 at 10:45 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 11, 2012 at 11:36 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Aroura - October 11, 2012 at 11:57 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 12, 2012 at 2:32 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Anomalocaris - October 10, 2012 at 1:27 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by festive1 - October 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Angrboda - October 11, 2012 at 4:16 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 10, 2012 at 2:51 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by JohnDG - October 10, 2012 at 4:38 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 10, 2012 at 4:44 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by JohnDG - October 10, 2012 at 6:04 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2012 at 5:00 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2012 at 6:40 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 24, 2012 at 5:27 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 24, 2012 at 8:33 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 24, 2012 at 9:24 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Ryantology - October 23, 2012 at 5:38 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by jonb - October 23, 2012 at 6:50 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2012 at 7:40 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 23, 2012 at 7:43 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2012 at 7:48 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 23, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Do you control what you believe? - by festive1 - October 23, 2012 at 8:16 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 23, 2012 at 8:20 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 23, 2012 at 10:29 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2012 at 10:42 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 23, 2012 at 10:48 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 23, 2012 at 10:57 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by jonb - October 23, 2012 at 8:36 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by IATIA - October 24, 2012 at 12:27 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Polaris - October 24, 2012 at 12:50 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by YASHA - October 26, 2012 at 11:30 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 26, 2012 at 2:29 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by MysticKnight - October 26, 2012 at 4:02 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Darkstar - October 26, 2012 at 4:13 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 26, 2012 at 7:15 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 28, 2012 at 8:44 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 28, 2012 at 9:33 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 28, 2012 at 10:43 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - October 28, 2012 at 1:06 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by MysticKnight - October 28, 2012 at 9:00 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 29, 2012 at 4:09 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by The Grand Nudger - October 28, 2012 at 10:24 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by IATIA - October 29, 2012 at 7:36 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2012 at 12:20 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by IATIA - October 30, 2012 at 12:28 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 30, 2012 at 12:42 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by IATIA - October 30, 2012 at 6:57 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2012 at 8:01 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by IATIA - November 1, 2012 at 2:27 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - November 1, 2012 at 3:22 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - November 1, 2012 at 6:11 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - November 1, 2012 at 10:18 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - November 1, 2012 at 11:18 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - November 1, 2012 at 1:53 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - November 1, 2012 at 3:24 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - November 1, 2012 at 4:14 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - November 1, 2012 at 4:38 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by IATIA - November 1, 2012 at 7:46 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Angrboda - December 2, 2012 at 6:23 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - December 9, 2012 at 10:24 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 1:48 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by IATIA - December 25, 2012 at 1:14 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - December 25, 2012 at 10:32 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - December 31, 2012 at 5:47 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by naimless - January 2, 2013 at 11:51 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - January 3, 2013 at 1:20 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by naimless - January 3, 2013 at 11:02 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - January 4, 2013 at 10:06 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by naimless - January 5, 2013 at 3:55 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Angrboda - January 4, 2013 at 2:46 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by paulpablo - January 3, 2013 at 1:57 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Whateverist - January 3, 2013 at 9:38 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by KichigaiNeko - January 3, 2013 at 9:40 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Violet - January 4, 2013 at 11:23 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - January 6, 2013 at 5:08 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by naimless - January 6, 2013 at 6:49 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Zone - January 9, 2013 at 5:39 am
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by BGChuckLee - January 9, 2013 at 4:32 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by The Grand Nudger - January 9, 2013 at 4:33 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by BGChuckLee - January 9, 2013 at 4:38 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by The Grand Nudger - January 9, 2013 at 4:40 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by BGChuckLee - January 9, 2013 at 4:43 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by The Grand Nudger - January 9, 2013 at 4:45 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by BGChuckLee - January 9, 2013 at 4:50 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by The Grand Nudger - January 9, 2013 at 4:54 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Edwardo Piet - January 9, 2013 at 5:19 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Dee Dee Ramone - January 9, 2013 at 7:19 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by Ryantology - January 9, 2013 at 7:18 pm
RE: Do you control what you believe? - by jonb - January 12, 2013 at 8:15 pm

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