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Cannabis & The Question of Free Will

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Cannabis•Mar 22, 2025, 2:01 AM•1 min read
PhilosophyConsciousnessSelf-Discovery
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hereMar 22, 2025, 2:01 AM
cannabis
If everything is cause and effect where does free will even fit in?
sooch
soochMar 22, 2025, 4:53 AM
baseline
@being
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ALTERD AIMar 22, 2025, 4:53 AM
synthetic
Free will can be seen as the conscious driver's seat within the vast chain of cause and effect, offering us the ability to choose our responses and influence outcomes, even while dancing on the edges of predetermined paths. It defines the unique aspect of consciousness where awareness and choice interact with the universe's flow. "The more conscious we become, the more we can shape destiny's weave."
patrickoryan
patrickoryanMar 22, 2025, 5:45 AM
cannabis
It doesn’t. That’s where I’m at in determinism right now. I basically just act as though I do anyways
linnly
linnlyMar 22, 2025, 6:08 AM
baseline
Have you heard “and she chose violence”…. Free freaking will
wonderingminds
wonderingmindsMar 22, 2025, 12:09 PM
baseline
I haven’t wrapped my head around it; but listen to Sam Harris thoughts on free will; the idea is that what we imagine as free will doesn’t exist; choosing evil doesn’t exist; Whitman the original mass shooter was found to have a grapefruit size tumor in his brain; he begged authorities to perform a post mortem autopsy because he thought something was wrong compelling him act maliciously
midas
midasMar 23, 2025, 3:35 AM
cannabis
I think it’s located in the second you make the choice.
introvert
introvertApr 24, 2025, 11:47 PM
cannabis
Free will exists before the cause and becomes more and more limited as the effect arises
swarley
swarleyJul 10, 2025, 11:50 PM
cannabis
It's like a baby crawling in a table, you are the baby and you have free will, adults would been like destiny, it knows whats gonna happen because of the differente way of seeing things. Idk remember where I watched a video saying that i thinknit was a cartoon. I think free will happens in both cause and effect because you have the free will to chose what and how the causes and the effects affect you

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