Do we have free will?
See, I went back over my "Animals and Humans" thread, and I want to bring up something that I failed to mention before.
Animals function on base instincts, yes? Humans do, too--but in a more complex way. For instance, we have a sex drive--like every other sexually reproductive animal on this planet--and we also have this feeling called "love" that goes with it(but not always ;] ). We have the need, as well as the desire along with it, to eat food--we eat and ENJOY our food, not just get nourishment for our bodies. (Which is why there are so many fatties xD)
Now, our choices are dictated by our brain--our thoughts, feelings, and memories--so that we can make a "choice". For instance, you can "choose" to take up smoking, but depending on what others around you say and do regarding smoking (i.e., whether you were in a silly D.A.R.E. class, or if your parents' smoke and could hardly give a rat's ass,), you will or will not smoke cigarettes. (Same with drugs, alcohol, etc...)
Discuss!
Do we have free will, or no?
See, I went back over my "Animals and Humans" thread, and I want to bring up something that I failed to mention before.
Animals function on base instincts, yes? Humans do, too--but in a more complex way. For instance, we have a sex drive--like every other sexually reproductive animal on this planet--and we also have this feeling called "love" that goes with it(but not always ;] ). We have the need, as well as the desire along with it, to eat food--we eat and ENJOY our food, not just get nourishment for our bodies. (Which is why there are so many fatties xD)
Now, our choices are dictated by our brain--our thoughts, feelings, and memories--so that we can make a "choice". For instance, you can "choose" to take up smoking, but depending on what others around you say and do regarding smoking (i.e., whether you were in a silly D.A.R.E. class, or if your parents' smoke and could hardly give a rat's ass,), you will or will not smoke cigarettes. (Same with drugs, alcohol, etc...)
Discuss!
Do we have free will, or no?
