Freedom to choose
Do we all really have the freedom to CHOOSE??
I read about 2 theories:
1) Determinism
How we choose, how we make choices, is in fact determined, before the actual act of determining. There are many factors that determine our choice. We don't make our choice. We only manifest those factors(input), computing the results(simple computing, not analysing or thinking), and come up with a decision (output)
So, the environment and the people around us do make our choice. We are but a body that exhibit the output.
2) Reductionism
The way we think, the way we process our mind, all up to the electrical impulses in our brain. Is the chemical reaction and electrical transmission in our brain due to our thinking, or our thinking due to the impulses? It can just be that when our body receptor receives a stimulus, it triggers an automatic message relay system, bringing about a set of automatic reactions and impulses that causes our thinking?
SO, in conclusion, do we really have a say in making our decisions? Do we have the freedom to choose?
Perhaps we have...we may still exercise our choice limited by the pre-determining factors...eg if we are pre-determined to enter science stream, then at least we may have a choice to choose between triple science and BCME (but again, another pre-determining factor, that is whether u are born to like Econs principles, comes in).
But, is the freedom of choice an illusion? is it self-delusionary and self-deceptive? Do we really make a choice? or do we THINK that we made a choice?
Freedom of choice, a cause that many great men have died for, is but an illusion. But more often than not, men prefer illusion than reality.
I read about 2 theories:
1) Determinism
How we choose, how we make choices, is in fact determined, before the actual act of determining. There are many factors that determine our choice. We don't make our choice. We only manifest those factors(input), computing the results(simple computing, not analysing or thinking), and come up with a decision (output)
So, the environment and the people around us do make our choice. We are but a body that exhibit the output.
2) Reductionism
The way we think, the way we process our mind, all up to the electrical impulses in our brain. Is the chemical reaction and electrical transmission in our brain due to our thinking, or our thinking due to the impulses? It can just be that when our body receptor receives a stimulus, it triggers an automatic message relay system, bringing about a set of automatic reactions and impulses that causes our thinking?
SO, in conclusion, do we really have a say in making our decisions? Do we have the freedom to choose?
Perhaps we have...we may still exercise our choice limited by the pre-determining factors...eg if we are pre-determined to enter science stream, then at least we may have a choice to choose between triple science and BCME (but again, another pre-determining factor, that is whether u are born to like Econs principles, comes in).
But, is the freedom of choice an illusion? is it self-delusionary and self-deceptive? Do we really make a choice? or do we THINK that we made a choice?
Freedom of choice, a cause that many great men have died for, is but an illusion. But more often than not, men prefer illusion than reality.
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