Information and free will (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Thursday, October 06, 2011, 21:01 (4797 days ago) @ dhw

DHW: How we respond to nurture will depend on our inborn nature, but neither of these are under our control. Those life experiences that are not the direct result of nature or nurture will occur by chance, which is not under our control either, and again our responses will be dictated by our nature. This suggests that we are 100% at the mercy of influences beyond our control! -One could also argue that in most cases our own 'nature' is too vague to be counted as determinism. For example, in my own nature, I am both non-confrontational and I have an aggressive controlling streak about 10 miles wide. These two seem to be at odds with each other, and regardless of what choice I make, to fight or walk away, someone could claim that it was in my nature. So, if it is in your nature to be lazy, yet it is in your nature to be obsessive compulsive over certain things, when you obsessively work on something are you violating your lazy nature? What if you choose to work hard at something for some other reason, perhaps because it ranks high on your list of personal priorities?-
I personally do not buy into either side of that debate because I see the whole thing as a false perception. What constitutes a biological personality trait? What does not?

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.