Jump to content

A question of free will


OverDriven

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 238
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by Mike LX-R

View Post

You're dodging my argument and you could step away from the pineal gland argument and break into any lifestyle that negatively effects cognitive function, whether by depletion of nutrients used for cognition, or a whole array of other factors. my point is that your choice to live in a certain way effects your chemical make-up overall, which according to you dictates the choices you make. if I am Omega deficient and I begin to eat a lot of foods because they're high in omegas my neurological function is going to change, and so will the choices that I make as a result. Still, it was a choice to alter my composition.

 

i'm not dodging your argument, because until this post you haven't made a valid one. cop.gif


the fact that you are initially omega "deficient", and then choose to supplement with omega is simply a result of initially being omega "deficient" and worrying enough about it to supplement...in order to make that decision, you must already be in a position to make that decision, so it's the only one you can make.


for instance, since i'm NOT a nutrient freak, if i found that i was omega "deficient" i'd keep right on doing what i've been doing because i don't give a {censored} about omega "deficiency". further, since i'm not a nutrient freak, i doubt that i'd ever find out that i was omega "deficient".




also, i keep putting deficient in quotes because who the hell decides whether i'm deficient?



all in all, your "argument" is just adding up to further support my stance that there is no free will. wave.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by Mike LX-R

View Post

You're dodging my argument and you could step away from the pineal gland argument and break into any lifestyle that negatively effects cognitive function, whether by depletion of nutrients used for cognition, or a whole array of other factors. my point is that your choice to live in a certain way effects your chemical make-up overall, which according to you dictates the choices you make. if I am Omega deficient and I begin to eat a lot of foods because they're high in omegas my neurological function is going to change, and so will the choices that I make as a result. Still, it was a choice to alter my composition.

 

i'm not dodging your argument, because until this post you haven't made a valid one. cop.gif


the fact that you are initially omega "deficient", and then choose to supplement with omega is simply a result of initially being omega "deficient" and worrying enough about it to supplement...in order to make that decision, you must already be in a position to make that decision, so it's the only one you can make.


for instance, since i'm NOT a nutrient freak, if i found that i was omega "deficient" i'd keep right on doing what i've been doing because i don't give a {censored} about omega "deficiency". further, since i'm not a nutrient freak, i doubt that i'd ever find out that i was omega "deficient".




also, i keep putting deficient in quotes because who the hell decides whether i'm deficient?



all in all, your "argument" is just adding up to further support my stance that there is no free will. wave.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by knucklefux

View Post

all in all, your "argument" is just adding up to further support my stance that there is no free will. wave.gif

 

not sure how that happened but cool bro icon_lol.gif I aint trippin' .... it's your choice and free will to feel that way about it icon_lol.gif
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by Sandy Cheeks

View Post

That sums up how I feel as well.


Free Will is very important for some religions, like Christianity, no? Like the idea that you use your free will to sin or not to sin.

 

God judging people based on free will is like setting up a foot race where some people start near the finish line, some get a ball and chain to drag, and the rest are placed at random points on the course.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by Mike LX-R

View Post

not sure how that happened but cool bro icon_lol.gif I aint trippin' .... it's your choice and free will to feel that way about it icon_lol.gif

 

no it isn't, it's the only way i CAN feel about it poke.gif


i looked up the effects of flouride on calcium metabolism. i found a study from 1964 that indicated that a dose of about 1mg/kg of sodium fluoride would be good for people with bone degeneration. basically, HIGH doses of fluoride help some people retain more calcium.


i've yet to find any non hippie BS info about why a calcified pineal gland is bad. so far, all i've found is that a calcified pineal gland indicates that one is an adult redface.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by fly135

View Post

God judging people based on free will is like setting up a foot race where some people start near the finish line, some get a ball and chain to drag, and the rest are placed at random points on the course.

 

that sounds like a very close approximation of real life.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by knucklefux

View Post

no it isn't, it's the only way i CAN feel about it poke.gif


i looked up the effects of flouride on calcium metabolism. i found a study from 1964 that indicated that a dose of about 1mg/kg of sodium fluoride would be good for people with bone degeneration. basically, HIGH doses of fluoride help some people retain more calcium.


i've yet to find any non hippie BS info about why a calcified pineal gland is bad. so far, all i've found is that a calcified pineal gland indicates that one is an adult redface.gif

 

I've yet to find any scientific evidence to deny the existence of free will either icon_lol.gif
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Maybe I missed it, but how does adding chemicals to alter your brain makeup fit in to this?


If I choose to take Prozac or other neurological drugs (maybe Prozac is a bad example so fill in the blank with a proper drug for argument sake) and alter my brain...





Or maybe can you define free will? It appears to me you are saying every choice we make is dictated by genetic makeup, environmental conditions and past experience. I didn't realize that was ever in question. Further it appears my definition of free will is wrong.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by Ron Burgandy

View Post

Maybe I missed it, but how does adding chemicals to alter your brain makeup fit in to this?


If I choose to take Prozac or other neurological drugs (maybe Prozac is a bad example so fill in the blank with a proper drug for argument sake) and alter my brain...





Or maybe can you define free will? It appears to me you are saying every choice we make is dictated by genetic makeup, environmental conditions and past experience. I didn't realize that was ever in question. Further it appears my definition of free will is wrong.

 

are you talking to me?


knuckle was more stating that your brain chemistry dictates the choices you make, and then we went off a bit on a tangent about things that effect neurological function.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by Mike LX-R

View Post

are you talking to me?


knuckle was more stating that your brain chemistry dictates the choices you make, and then we went off a bit on a tangent about things that effect neurological function.

 

Just in general. I'm not saying anyone is wrong, just gathering info on an interesting subject I don't know much about.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by NinjaRaf

View Post

If we look at other animals (because we ARE animals, and there is still some degree of instinct left in our brains, no matter how much we would like to think otherwise), they dont really make decisions...they just DO things based on instinct.

 

er, how would you possibly know that? For all you know about its consciousness and internal thought process, which is next to nothing, a dog might be experiencing the same sense of decision-making a human does.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

 

Quote Originally Posted by knucklefux

View Post

DMT, son.

 

Ok now we're getting somewhere. Knuck, the pineal gland is where DMT is naturally produced in the body. Once calcified it does not allow the steady release, albeit in tiny amounts, of DMT. Think about it man... coming from a guy who was saying that your brain is where decisions are made on your behalf. If you are unable to tap into this molecule naturally you're decisions are affected. You're whole perception is changed. It's the fluoride.... beware the fluoride.... they don't want us in tune with our natural access to spirituality.


And whether you believe that or not, why the {censored} do they put fluoride in the tap water anyway? There's no conclusive evidence that it helps anything, whatsoever. Why is it there?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


×
×
  • Create New...