Great post. I disagree to an extent. We can definitely reprogram ourselves and do whatever we want ( the only hinderance might be IQ but you'd have to be pretty low on the stuff not to be able to change and develop yourself) Maybe I misunderstood the post a little bit, and in not disagreeing that we are in many ways "controlled" but I can use myself as an example From a total victim cursing the world for my mishaps blaming others, suffering from anxiety and panic attacks to in control of my own life, taking full responsibility just by implementing methods. But alot of interesting topics in your post and I dont think theyre wrong or without significance. I only believe we can change to becomr who ever we want to be :)
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75% of the people on this earth do not have food, water and shelter on a daily basis. tomorrow 16000 kids will die from hunger.
Can you say to their faces tat they can become whatever they want to be?
75% is a BS figure and that is exactly the sort of agency that deterministic purveyors seek to avoid. Of course you go right to the children and ignore the agency of their parents or grandparents; emotional leverage is a fast way to lose a philosophical debate.
It is not. you can search U.N archives. don't have them on this hard drive though
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/americas/16000-children-under-age-of-five-die-every-day-unicef/
the planet is not a jolly place my friend
16000 children is not 75% of the population.. There are almost 8 billion people in the world. Hundreds of children, even in Europe are dying every day because of some simple error done in a hospital for a simple disease or surgery.
I will find the report tomorrow. you can google it as well. remember. food, shelter and water on a DAILY basis. it does not mean that they are starving. it means that most people in the world are unfortunate and cannot do much to change their future even if they wanted to
I'll try to be as nice as possible but I don't think you read that article, or you're simply ignoring the fact that it doesn't support your argument at all. So far, all I've seen from you is sophistry. I acknowledge the dark side of the world and my ability to brighten or darken it, that is the agency you're avoiding. You would rather say you've no choice in the matter. The bacteria in your stomach and the conversations you've had made the world terrible not your parents, not your government, and certainly not you.
you seem angry
Probably not. There are limitations. A person dying from cancer can't just change that let alone a kid starving to death. Such is life. Not fair. Btw, I'm not sure where you get your numbers from? About 10% of the world population are undernourished according to worldhunger.org.
hence no free will
So a person who grew up in a trailer park with alcoholic parents have no free will, and are destined to become a broke person living in a trailer? Sorry. People evolve and change and make their own life amazing, despite where they come from. I'm sure there are thousands of kids growing up poor in some far away land that will come to Europe and America and become rich. Nothing is determined. Sure, the ODDS are lower for a lot of people. That's how the world works. But nothing is impossible. And like @adhoctoth said, kids dont grow up in vacuum. They are born by their parents who made their choices. How else can you explain stories of people fleeing from poverty or war, and end up rich and successful? Or do you argue that that never happens? Once you're poor, you can never get out of that? C'mon.
Great comments mate! I actually made a video about this very subject the other month and I shared it on my blog today. Check it out! :]