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Locus of control is an interesting study that comes up from time to time on the forum and has a lot to do with free will vs deterministic views.
I read somewhere the average millionaire entrepreneur has an EXTREMELY high chance of being of internal locus.
In contrast, most prisoners and deadbeats of society have an external locus. This is not to say that there can't be deadbeats of internal or millionaires of external... but there is a massive correlation.
As I became more and more of an entrepreneur over the years I have gotten even more strongly internal.
@Bubbles the only thing that Harris’ video proves is that our minds are limited in capability. I sincerely hope you aren’t going through life believing free will doesn’t exist based on this type of reasoning.
Even so, maybe I'm wrong. It is impossible to prove if we have free will or not using the types of arguments Harris uses... He will always have some way to refute the free will out of something. I will however keep pushing by what I at least feel is choice and so far I have gotten some pretty great results that I am happy with.
I will leave you with the following:
Claiming we don't have free will when we do is incredibly detrimental to the person making the claim.
In contrast, claiming we have free will when we don't isn't.
That difference alone supports claims of free will.
I read somewhere the average millionaire entrepreneur has an EXTREMELY high chance of being of internal locus.
In contrast, most prisoners and deadbeats of society have an external locus. This is not to say that there can't be deadbeats of internal or millionaires of external... but there is a massive correlation.
As I became more and more of an entrepreneur over the years I have gotten even more strongly internal.
@Bubbles the only thing that Harris’ video proves is that our minds are limited in capability. I sincerely hope you aren’t going through life believing free will doesn’t exist based on this type of reasoning.
Even so, maybe I'm wrong. It is impossible to prove if we have free will or not using the types of arguments Harris uses... He will always have some way to refute the free will out of something. I will however keep pushing by what I at least feel is choice and so far I have gotten some pretty great results that I am happy with.
I will leave you with the following:
Claiming we don't have free will when we do is incredibly detrimental to the person making the claim.
In contrast, claiming we have free will when we don't isn't.
That difference alone supports claims of free will.
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