Free will – fact or myth?
Such tendencies immediately bring up a question whether we are truly free to think for ourselves or, on the contrary, are told what to do with no choice of our own whatsoever. We are, in fact, more free to express our opinion online with consequences close to none, although, since people are exposed to the tendencies of the community more and more, they tend to notice what is considered favorable by other members of society and even start adopting speech behaviors and certain attitudes, up to a point where they change their personality entirely. This not only affects their choices as a being, but also their views towards subjects crucial in their surrounding and personal environments, such as politics, their physical …show more content…
In other words, it is most likely that people only think they are able to use their free will, but are actually brainwashed by, what they consider to be, the opinion of the community instinctively, thinking that they have the same likes and wants, where in reality they might be too afraid to contradict and/or do not even realize it. Of course, humans are more likely to believe that they are free to choose, the thought of being just a cogwheel in the enormous machine of society is more than unacceptable. In fact, such a point of view is completely justified, because our society is not only the audience of the content available, but the generators as well. This could as well be interpreted as dictating the tendencies ourselves, but not leaving other choices for ourselves. We, as a society, assume and determine what is the best, most interesting for the masses, but leave little or no room for separate and, most likely, different opinions, which are not considered as appealing. We could say that by opening more and more passage ways to see even more possibilities for choice, we are unconsciously preventing ourselves from reaching them. While we have the opportunity to decide whether we prefer one opinion over another, we do not considering having an entirely
Such tendencies immediately bring up a question whether we are truly free to think for ourselves or, on the contrary, are told what to do with no choice of our own whatsoever. We are, in fact, more free to express our opinion online with consequences close to none, although, since people are exposed to the tendencies of the community more and more, they tend to notice what is considered favorable by other members of society and even start adopting speech behaviors and certain attitudes, up to a point where they change their personality entirely. This not only affects their choices as a being, but also their views towards subjects crucial in their surrounding and personal environments, such as politics, their physical …show more content…
In other words, it is most likely that people only think they are able to use their free will, but are actually brainwashed by, what they consider to be, the opinion of the community instinctively, thinking that they have the same likes and wants, where in reality they might be too afraid to contradict and/or do not even realize it. Of course, humans are more likely to believe that they are free to choose, the thought of being just a cogwheel in the enormous machine of society is more than unacceptable. In fact, such a point of view is completely justified, because our society is not only the audience of the content available, but the generators as well. This could as well be interpreted as dictating the tendencies ourselves, but not leaving other choices for ourselves. We, as a society, assume and determine what is the best, most interesting for the masses, but leave little or no room for separate and, most likely, different opinions, which are not considered as appealing. We could say that by opening more and more passage ways to see even more possibilities for choice, we are unconsciously preventing ourselves from reaching them. While we have the opportunity to decide whether we prefer one opinion over another, we do not considering having an entirely