RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
October 17, 2023 at 1:53 pm
(October 17, 2023 at 1:50 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:(October 17, 2023 at 1:42 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: You want to know what else can be taught? Emotions, or learning how to control them, of course. It probably does not make a change in the world like how independent thought does not, but I also think that would be another first step among independent thinking and other things to making a change in the world. I mean, with better control over emotions, we could control ourselves better if more people did such a thing, and we could at least become better people if we did that and other things.
I have had to learn to control my emotions well over the course of my life.
Two arrows, eh? Maybe we cant help that the arrow hits us, but we can help how we feel about it (or can we?).
I want to put another pin in the idea of independent thought as a good unto itself. All the shit you think is bad thought very much started pout as some independent thought.
Yep, pretty much. I can definitely see that being the case. Still, controlling emotions, and maybe learning to control things is not an easy thing, perhaps more so than developing independent thought. There are also internal factors in the mind that may make it even more difficult to do so, as well as maybe mental disorders and such.
Still, things like that can be overcome. If only there was a good way to motivate people to try. Not that the world will change by that alone, but like I said, it is one of the first steps.