No political posturing.

  • Perspectivist@feddit.ukOP
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    6 hours ago

    I don’t believe in free will so I always think to myself that if I was in their shoes I’d be acting the same way. It doesn’t mean I have endless tolerance for bad behavior or that it doesn’t affect whether I want to be around said person or not but I don’t act as if they’re personally responsible for who they are or that they’re actively choosing to be that way.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Our brains start firing to take action before we are conscious of that action. We can see this on a scan.

      Not a comfortable thought, but our brains are driving and only after taking action do they send an executive summary to the little homonculous behind our eyeballs and we say, “I did that!”