Does believing in sovereignty require a belief in free-will?
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I don't think so. Even if there is no libertarian free will, there are many layers of perceived agency that can be useful, and evolved to be so
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Yeah, I suppose I’m less interested in the ontic/metaphysic understanding of free-will, than I am in what happens when people take those positions as functional pivots in their world-image. It’s amazing how sticky some ideas are,
@chagmed can tell you all about that though.pic.twitter.com/ooCYbw3xdO2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
I’m not sure what sovereignty without belief in free will would look like....but I’m open to that possibility. Perhaps sovereignty just isn’t a story I’m that sold on; but I can see why people would like it or find it useful.
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Are you familiar with sovereignty as
@jgreenhall describes it? It's quite different from the libertarian notion of free will. https://medium.com/deep-code/on-jordan-peterson-and-the-future-51402a370d79 …1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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As far as my current view, I actually see most things that people consider to be "free will" as genetically programmed or conditioned responses (striving for success, mate selection, etc). I'm more interested in emergence.
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Replying to @euvieivanova @misen__ and
In your experience, what happens when people take the notion of free will as pivotal in their world view?
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Replying to @euvieivanova @cognazor and
A simple summary (b/c time): - praise: they attribute their successes to their own efforts, and undervalue context dependant variables. - blame: they attribute others' failures to their lack of effort, motivation, etc; and undervalue why those failures occurred in context.
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Right, I see that a lot in entrepreneurial circles. Lots of survivor bias. Those that make it attribute it to their effort. Those that don't make it are seen as not hustling hard enough by those that make it, and rarely get to tell their own story.
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Yes that has been my experience also, pretty common in entrepreneurs and people who gained socio-economic status 'against the odds'.
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