First of all, I told you before, it is not a matter of "yes free will exists" or "no it does not". The truth is usually somewhere in the middle. Why do you think in terms of extremes, like atheists and religious fundamentalists? Both are highly flawed and wrong. Most likely the truth is that there is some free will if you are highly conscious and not brain dead or a lemming, but that free will is a SMALL FACTOR not a big factor like most Americans, Christians, and New Agers claim. They act like free will is an all powerful divine principle without restriction or impediment. That just isn't so for obvious reasons such as the 14 I gave above. Again it's not black or white, but gray. Wise people know this.Gali wrote: ↑September 26th, 2021, 6:36 amI think the main topic is if free will exists and I think free will does not exist.
Another point of interest could be if one accepts that free will does not exist does his life style change?
Count your blessings is a classic way to raise ones mood or happiness. One interesting part could be that gratitude can make one less risktaking and therefore maybe regret being too grateful because of FOMO.
You say there is no free will. But you are assuming that brain creates consciousness and that consciousness is an illusion. Suppose consciousness is divine and immaterial and the spirit world is real. Then what? By definition if you are conscious then you must have some free will. Because consciousness is not a robot. It's divine and beyond material matter. Why don't you consider that? Are you not conscious or self-aware? lol. Are you a bot? If so then you assume others are too but that's a fallacy. We are not all bots like you.
If everyone believed there was no free will at all, they would become depressed and not do anything. There would be no hope to keep people moving and working and striving. People need hope, even if it's false hope, or else they cannot function. That's why everyone always tells themselves "tomorrow will be better, tomorrow is a brighter future" over and over again for all time. It's a false illusion. Usually tomorrow is the same. And even if things get better, they will get worse again. Even if you get lucky, the luck runs out and you are back to square one again. So it's mostly false illusion and false hope that society runs on. That's the sad truth. Deep down we all know this but we have to deny it to continue.
So whether free will exists or not, people MUST believe in it, or else they cannot continue to function or thrive or try to do things.