Free Will

[Randy]

Do we really have free will? Why or why not?

Pretty much everything that happens is evidence for both sides.

 

[+paradox]

of course everyone has free will...

 

[seasidemike]

great question, yes, technically we have free will, however media directs us to make our free will decisions and have us believe our free will beliefs exactly how they want us to.

Our free will the most manipulate thing and we aren't even aware of it

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Our free will the most manipulate thing and we aren't even aware of it

"the most manipulate thing"?? What does that mean?

Add a 'd' on the end of 'manipulate' and it will make sense.

 

[DrLeftover]

Yes. We do.

I'll let the Master Poet, Neil Peart, explain it through the voice of Geddy Lee

Hit play... read along.

[video=dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd9gzl_rush-freewill-live-2003_music

"Freewill"

There are those who think that life has nothing left to chance
A host of holy horrors to direct our aimless dance

A planet of play things
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
'The stars aren't aligned
Or the gods are malign...'
Blame is better to give than receive

[Chorus:]
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill

There are those who think
That they were dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them
They weren't born in Lotusland

All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate

[Chorus]

Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet

[Chorus]

Rush Freewill
Lyrics by Neil Peart, Music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Album: Permanent Waves, 1980