"I’ve gradually come to a belief system that melds science with mysticism. I call myself a Daoist. There have been events in my life that look like random coincidences that turned out to be turning points. From a Western, reductionist-material perspective, I would say that the world is a chaotic system, and small details can occasionally have global effects. But Carl Jung would call these “synchronicities”.'
FREE will is much more limited than we like to think.... reflexes, instincts of various types,survival instincts, societal or species induced trauma to trim the brain and induce fixed or at least behaviors hard to change, environmental conditions.... if we can see the extent of our limitations we can make better use of our efforts to even maximize what freedom we have.
Thanks Josh. This must have taken some time. :-)
"I’ve gradually come to a belief system that melds science with mysticism. I call myself a Daoist. There have been events in my life that look like random coincidences that turned out to be turning points. From a Western, reductionist-material perspective, I would say that the world is a chaotic system, and small details can occasionally have global effects. But Carl Jung would call these “synchronicities”.'
FREE will is much more limited than we like to think.... reflexes, instincts of various types,survival instincts, societal or species induced trauma to trim the brain and induce fixed or at least behaviors hard to change, environmental conditions.... if we can see the extent of our limitations we can make better use of our efforts to even maximize what freedom we have.