December 2008
6 posts
“Rick, you’re not staring down Paul; you’re staring down a man”
– Vic
Predestination
I am a skeptic of predestination.
You may be confused at this point, so lets review. In “Choice”, I said I believed that we lacked a certain amount of control over the decisions we make; we lack complete free will. It is my belief that things are not black in white (Free Will vs. Predestination). It’s more like 32 bit grayscale.
What I failed to adequately account for was those...
Choice
I’m a skeptic of free will, and it’s not hard to see why: A.D.D., A.D.H.D, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, “Personality Disorders”, etc. What do people who have these so called disorders have in common? They all lack control over their decisions, due to “chemical imbalances”. Of course, the decisions they make are largely controlled by these chemicals. And how do...
Terrified
I’m absolutely wide eyed terrified of the things that have yet to come.
Dumb
It’s kind of a funny thing. When I read the things that I’ve written in the past, it always seems like what I said was dumb and slightly immature. I hate that feeling, because then I feel like I’ve made people put up with me. I want to always say the right things. I want to talk like every sentence I say would make kick ass dying words. It’s a bit unrealistic. Thanks for...