4.15.2004
By the way, there's something I saw from an old post I had on my LiveJournal that reminded me about something else.
Is there really such a thing as free will? Douglas Adams describes a scenario that means it's impossible.
Taken from my old journal ()
::It appears that we can't control our own destiny.
Douglas Adams made me think about an interesting point tonight. You can't control your own destiny without interrupting someone else's, and changing their path. And, if that was meant to be for them, and you altering their path WAS their destiny, then free will doesn't exist.
Can someone put me at ease here, so I don't think life is an exercise in futility?::
This is a very, very valid theory, and just dismays me to no end. Basically, what it's telling me is that my destiny is to sit on my can for the rest of my life. I've run into nobody who can alter my future (okay, I did run into Coach Kostelac, but the chances of me becoming a bigtime coach are ridiculously low) and I've rebuffed all opportunities to do such a thing in a field I don't want to be in.
Oy. I've lost my train of thought...almost destinic, eh?
(Is destinic even a word?)
Is there really such a thing as free will? Douglas Adams describes a scenario that means it's impossible.
Taken from my old journal ()
::It appears that we can't control our own destiny.
Douglas Adams made me think about an interesting point tonight. You can't control your own destiny without interrupting someone else's, and changing their path. And, if that was meant to be for them, and you altering their path WAS their destiny, then free will doesn't exist.
Can someone put me at ease here, so I don't think life is an exercise in futility?::
This is a very, very valid theory, and just dismays me to no end. Basically, what it's telling me is that my destiny is to sit on my can for the rest of my life. I've run into nobody who can alter my future (okay, I did run into Coach Kostelac, but the chances of me becoming a bigtime coach are ridiculously low) and I've rebuffed all opportunities to do such a thing in a field I don't want to be in.
Oy. I've lost my train of thought...almost destinic, eh?
(Is destinic even a word?)
