2/22/12

I learned today that determinism is that belief that humans do not have free will, that what we believe we choose is actually somt ething that is pre determined by the world. In the universe we have no choice which is something that is kind of scary to think about. Things change over time, and andifferent way to think about it is if time stopped, stopped all the elements of the world only then nothing would change because time isn' moving. Because we live in a world where things are always changing than there is no way to know what the future is unless you knew everything about an object like a piece of chalk than you could predict would would happen if it were to fall. Time doesn't only flow backwards, it only flows foward. In determinism it is believed that the basic laws of the world govern our thoughts even if we have no idea. This idea means that the world runs every decision that we make and we have no idea! We have no control over any thought or action even though we might think we do. Whoa.